CVE-2019-8956
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8956
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-8956.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-8956
- Downstream
- Published
- 2019-04-01T19:29:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In the Linux Kernel before versions 4.20.8 and 4.19.21 a use-after-free error in the "sctpsendmsg()" function (net/sctp/socket.c) when handling SCTPSENDALL flag can be exploited to corrupt memory.
- References
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- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.21
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.8
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ba59fb0273076637f0add4311faa990a5eec27c0
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12671141
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
- https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2019-5/