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CVE-2004-2013

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the SCTP_SOCKOPT_DEBUG_NAME SCTP socket option in socket.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an optlen value of -1, which causes kmalloc to allocate 0 bytes of memory.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.4.25

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0091.html
• http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021223.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108456230815842&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10326
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16117
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-05/0091.html
• http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021223.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108456230815842&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10326
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16117

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