CVE-2014-9730

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9730
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-31 10:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe udf_pc_to_char function in fs/udf/symlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 relies on component lengths that are unused, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1224-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1228229 – CVE-2014-9728 CVE-2014-9729 CVE-2014-9730 Kernel: fs: udf: heap overflow in __udf_adinicb_readpage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
udf: Check component length before reading it · torvalds/linux@e237ec3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Linux Kernel UDF File System Multiple Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1324-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
oss-security - CVE request Linux kernel: fs: udf heap overflow in __udf_adinicb_readpage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1592-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1382-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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