CVE-2014-3687: canonical ubuntu_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-3687 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 8.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 4Timeline
- 10-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
8.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 8.58% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundLinux
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse4 products
Debian2 products
- linux< 3.16.7-1
- debian_linuxEOL7.0
Novell2 products
Ubuntu2 products
- linux< 3.13.0-41.70
- linux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 2.6.27, < 3.2.64 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.107 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.61 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.34 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.14.25 | ≥ 3.15, < 3.16.35 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.17.4
Opensuse1 product
- evergreen11.4
Oracle1 product
- linuxEOL5 | 6 | 7
Redhat1 product
9 vendors · 15 products
References
33 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Show all 33 references
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b69040d8e39f20d5215a03502a8e8b4c6ab78395X Refsource CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.orgX Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155731X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory