CVE-2023-2177
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 20 Apr 2023, 00:00
Last modified:18 Mar 2025, 19:58
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100 CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.01% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
20 Apr 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
18 Mar 2025, 19:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A null pointer dereference issue was found in the sctp network protocol in net/sctp/stream_sched.c in Linux Kernel. If stream_in allocation is failed, stream_out is freed which would further be accessed. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially cause a denial of service.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 2%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- linux•linux_kernel
< 5.19 | 5.19:rc1 | 5.19:rc2 | 5.19:rc3 | 5.19:rc4 | 5.19:rc5 | 5.19:rc6 | 5.19:rc7 | 5.19:rc8