CVE-2014-9491
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| illumos | illumos | | |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.