CVE-2014-9683

Published Mar 3, 2015

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.6
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-189

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