CVE-2014-9420 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9420?

CVE-2014-9420 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Dec 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 rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9420?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9420?

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-2014-9420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9420, GHSA-g96g-p7vc-32vc, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9420.