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CVE-2014-5472
The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.51%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image with a self-referential CL entry.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- linux-kernel-cve20145472-dos(95556) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 69428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1318 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0695 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBGN03285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140827 Re: CVE Request: Linux Kernel unbound recursion in ISOFS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2356-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2355-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134099 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2357-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBGN03282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2359-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2354-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2358-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/410dd3cf4c9b36f27ed4542ee18b1af5e68645a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=88 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=410dd3cf4c9b36f27ed4542ee18b1af5e68645a4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5359 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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