CVE-2014-2523

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

24/03/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.57 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.86 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.36 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.17 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13.0 (including)	3.13.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2014-2523

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools