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CVE-2019-8956
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-04-01T19:29:01.300 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:42:50.973

Summary

In the Linux Kernel before versions 4.20.8 and 4.19.21 a use-after-free error in the "sctp_sendmsg()" function (net/sctp/socket.c) when handling SCTP_SENDALL flag can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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