VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-7841
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-11-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk.