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CVE-2014-9683
Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel…
Low3.6EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2515-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/942080643bce061c3dd9d5718d3b745dcb39a8bc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150217 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel ecryptfs 1-byte overwrite (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 72643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1031860 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193830 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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