CVE-2014-5472 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5472?

CVE-2014-5472 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image with a self-referential CL entry.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5472?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5472?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-5472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5472, GHSA-8jr9-77qv-x3wr, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5472.