CVE-2012-3549

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 8.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686962
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20226
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/28/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54797
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686962
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20226
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/28/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54797

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