CVE-2015-1421

critical
Published 2015-03-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-key data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1421

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.8

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.67
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.7-ckt4-3
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.7-ckt4-3
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.7-ckt4-3
debian debiansidfixed3.16.7-ckt4-3
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.7-ckt4-3

References

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