CVE-2012-3549

high
Published 2012-10-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

The SCTP implementation in FreeBSD 8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic) via a crafted ASCONF chunk.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
freebsd freebsd8.2affected

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.