Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

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 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.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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