VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-8160

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references