CVE-2014-9683

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

Publication date:

03/03/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

3.60

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.18.1 (including)

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CVE-2014-9683

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools