CVE-2014-9730

medium
Published 2015-08-31 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.9

Description

The 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.

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.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debiansidfixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.7-ckt4-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.