What is CVE-2014-7841?

CVE-2014-7841 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-2014-7841 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-7841?

CVE-2014-7841 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-7841?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-7841 patch availability.

Is CVE-2014-7841 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-7841 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-7841

Medium

The sctp_process_param function in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a malformed INIT chunk.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-11-30

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2014-7841 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-7841

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-11-30

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7841?

CVE-2014-7841 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-2014-7841 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-7841?

CVE-2014-7841 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-7841?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-7841 patch availability.
Is CVE-2014-7841 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2014-7841 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.