CVE-2014-3953 — FreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) SCTP_SNDRCV, (2) SCTP_EXTRCV, or (3) SCTP_RCVINFO SCTP cmsg or a (4) SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE, (5) SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR, or (6) SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT notification

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FreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) SCTP_SNDRCV, (2) SCTP_EXTRCV, or (3) SCTP_RCVINFO SCTP cmsg or a (4) SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE, (5) SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR, or (6) SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT notification

Published Jul 15, 2014

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.35%

Description

FreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) SCTP_SNDRCV, (2) SCTP_EXTRCV, or (3) SCTP_RCVINFO SCTP cmsg or a (4) SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE, (5) SCTP_REMOTE_ERROR, or (6) SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT notification.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.35% 0.00350

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00350

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.35% (0.00350)	26.24th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00350)	26.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00071)	19.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030539
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62218		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030539		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 15, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 3, 2014

Link CVE-2014-3953

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-3953

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-3953