Is CVE-2008-2826 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2826 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2826?

CVE-2008-2826 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2826

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the sctp_getsockopt_local_addrs_old function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and system outage) via vectors involving a large addr_num field in an sctp_getaddrs_old data structure.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 0.4% (37th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2819)
Published: July 2, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2819 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=735ce972fbc8a65fb17788debd7bbe7b4383cc62
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.9(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lwn.net/Articles/287350/(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30901(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29990(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020514(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43559(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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