CVE-2014-8612 — Multiple array index errors in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 10.1 before p5, 10.0 before p17, 9.3 before p9, and 8.4 before p23 allow local users to (1) gain privileges via the stream id to the setsockopt function, when setting the SCTIP_SS_VALUE option, or (2) read arbitrary kernel memory via the stream id to the getsockopt function, when getting the SCTP_SS_PRIORITY option

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Multiple array index errors in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 10.1 before p5, 10.0 before p17, 9.3 before p9, and 8.4 before p23 allow local users to (1) gain privileges via the stream id to the setsockopt function, when setting the SCTIP_SS_VALUE option, or (2) read arbitrary kernel memory via the stream id to the getsockopt function, when getting the SCTP_SS_PRIORITY option

Published Feb 2, 2015

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.90%

Description

Multiple array index errors in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 10.1 before p5, 10.0 before p17, 9.3 before p9, and 8.4 before p23 allow local users to (1) gain privileges via the stream id to the setsockopt function, when setting the SCTIP_SS_VALUE option, or (2) read arbitrary kernel memory via the stream id to the getsockopt function, when getting the SCTP_SS_PRIORITY option.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.90% 0.00896

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00896

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.90% (0.00896)	58.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.90% (0.00896)	54.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.36% (0.00360)	56.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (6)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72342
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031648
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72342		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031648		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 2, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 4, 2014

Link CVE-2014-8612

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-8612

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-8612