CVE-2013-5209

no score yetEPSS 2.5%

freebsd freebsd: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The sctp_send_initiate_ack function in sys/netinet/sctp_output.c in the SCTP implementation in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2-PRERELEASE does not properly initialize the state-cookie data structure, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading packet data in INIT-ACK chunks.

EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2013-08-29
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freebsd:freebsd

References

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=254338
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:10.sctp.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61939
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028940
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=905080

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