CVE-2014-2523
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 10.4%EU EUVD
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 10.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2559)
- Published
- March 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2559 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b22f5126a24b3b2f15448c3f2a254fc10cbc2b92
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57446(Third Party Advisory)
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/445496197399461888(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/17/7(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66279(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029945(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2173-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2174-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077343(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91910(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b22f5126a24b3b2f15448c3f2a254fc10cbc2b92(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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