DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9731

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-9731
Downstream
DLA-246-1
Published: 31 Aug 2015, 10:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Aug 2015, 10:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 3.16.7-ckt4-1 | < 3.16.7-ckt4-1 | < 3.16.7-ckt4-1 | < 3.16.7-ckt4-1

References (1)