CVE-2014-9491 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9491?

CVE-2014-9491 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jan 2015. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9491?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Illumos Illumos.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9491?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-9491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2020-27678 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-6560 Integer overflow in osnet-incorporation High 8.6
• CVE-2019-9579 Missing authorization in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2016-6561 Null dereference in osnet-incorporation High 7.5
• CVE-2021-43395 Denial of service in n/a Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vr47-prxx-24cf.