CVE-2008-4618
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4598)
- Published
- October 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4598 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/06/1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31848
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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