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CVE-2014-0101

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0101 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the SCTP implementation, impacting products from Canonical, F5, and Red Hat. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a flaw in the sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce function by sending crafted SCTP handshake packets, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.24, < 3.2.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3, < 3.4.84CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.5, < 3.10.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.11, < 3.12.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.13, < 3.13.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0704 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-220.51.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 EUS - Server and Compute Node OnlyFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-279.43.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.11.2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.41.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0101Important

kernel: net: sctp: null pointer dereference when processing authenticated cookie_echo chunk

Mar 3, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0419.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0432.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59216
Third Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/ec0223ec48a90cb605244b45f7c62de856403729
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.f5.com / kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/300/sol15317.html
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/03/04/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/65943
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2173-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2174-1
Third Party Advisory