CVE-2014-9683

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 03 Mar 2015, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 13:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
14/100
CVSS Score
3.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Mar 2015, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 13:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 19%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 14.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.18.1

References (18)