CVE-2011-4348 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4348?

CVE-2011-4348 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 Jun 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the sctp_rcv function in net/sctp/input.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via SCTP packets. NOTE: in some environments, this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-2482.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4348?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4348?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2011-4348 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4348 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q8vx-wm97-ghrp.