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CVE-2014-9729 (GCVE-0-2014-9729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-31 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
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Summary
The udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure a certain data-structure size consistency, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-12-19 00:00
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