CVE-2014-9683

low
Published 2015-03-03 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

linux Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.10 Affected โ€”
14.04 Affected โ€”
12.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.16.7-ckt4-1
sid Fixed 3.16.7-ckt4-1
forky Fixed 3.16.7-ckt4-1
bullseye Fixed 3.16.7-ckt4-1
bookworm Fixed 3.16.7-ckt4-1

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.