CVE-2010-0008
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
The sctp_rcv_ootb function in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an Out Of The Blue (OOTB) chunk or (2) a chunk of zero length.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 4.5% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0040)
- Published
- March 19, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0040 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ece25dfa0991f65c4e1d26beb1c3c45bda4239b8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39295(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.23
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/03/17/2(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0147.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0342.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555658
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11160
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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