CVE-2013-1828
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
The sctp_getsockopt_assoc_stats function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not validate a size value before proceeding to a copy_from_user operation, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that contains an SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS getsockopt system call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (63th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1846)
- Published
- March 22, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1846 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/sctp.c(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/309805924749541376(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24747(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/08/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919315(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/726bc6b092da4c093eb74d13c07184b18c1af0f1(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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