Is CVE-2014-5077 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5077 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5077?

CVE-2014-5077 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-5077

HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD

The sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8, when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an association between two endpoints immediately after an exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an earlier association between these endpoints in the opposite direction.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.1 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 5.8% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-4976)
Published: August 1, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4976 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise real time extension
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1be9a950c646c9092fb3618197f7b6bfb50e82aa(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1668.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1763.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59777(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60430(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60545(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60564(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60744(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62563(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/26/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68881(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030681(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2358-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2359-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122982(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95134(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1be9a950c646c9092fb3618197f7b6bfb50e82aa(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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