CVE-2008-4618

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not properly handle a protocol violation in which a parameter has an invalid length, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, related to sctp_sf_violation_paramlen, sctp_sf_abort_violation, sctp_make_abort_violation, and incorrect data types in function calls.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-4618: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix