CVE-2009-0065 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.7% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-git8 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an FWD-TSN (aka FORWARD-TSN) chunk with a large stream ID.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 16.73% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-01-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 2.6.20/2.6.24/2.6.27_7-10 (Ubuntu 7.04/8.04/8.10 / Fedora Core 10 / OpenSuse 11.1) - SCTP FWD Memory Corruption Remote Overflow | 2009-04-28 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fcb95a105758b81ef0131cd18e2db5149f13e95
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01832118
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/15024/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34680
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35394
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36191
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