CVE-2015-1421
Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 9.83% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 9.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/29/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72356Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032172Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2541-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2542-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196581Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=600ddd6825543962fb807884169e57b580dba208
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0751.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.