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CVE-2009-0065
Buffer overflow in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 16.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- 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 (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8556remote, linuxpublished 28 Apr 2009Verified
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.7% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References
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- 35390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBNS02449 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/15024/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 33113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 35174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 33674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fcb95a105758b81ef0131cd18e2db5149f13e95 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-751-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 36191 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 33854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0816 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090105 CVE request: kernel: sctp: memory overflow when FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1022698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 34680 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35394 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0074 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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