CVE-2019-8956

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

1%p64

Published

Apr 1, 2019 (Apr 1, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux canonical
Products: linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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