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CVE-2009-0065

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0065 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation within the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.28-git8. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted FWD-TSN chunk with a large stream ID. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, indicating public exploit code availability, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8556 · Apr 28, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1673 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.17.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Z StreamFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.26.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0065Important

kernel: sctp: memory overflow when FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID

Dec 26, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html
patchwork.ozlabs.org / patch/15024
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/33674
secunia.com / advisories/33854
secunia.com / advisories/33858
secunia.com / advisories/34252
secunia.com / advisories/34394
secunia.com / advisories/34680
secunia.com / advisories/34762
secunia.com / advisories/34981
secunia.com / advisories/35011
secunia.com / advisories/35174
secunia.com / advisories/35390
secunia.com / advisories/35394
secunia.com / advisories/36191
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10872
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01045.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1749
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1787
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1794
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/01/05/1
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1055.html
securityfocus.com / bid/33113
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-751-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0029
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2193