CVE-2014-9731

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 31, 2015
First seenAug 31, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 3.18.1—

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CVE-2014-9731 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar