CVE-2014-9731
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-17
Code Errors
Publication date:
31/08/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \0 character, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.18.1 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228220
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00021.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228220
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01