CVE-2014-2523 (GCVE-0-2014-2523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-03-24 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:14
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-03-17 00:00
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