CVE-2014-9683 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9683?

CVE-2014-9683 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Mar 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9683?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9683?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-9683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9683, GHSA-9w96-6pfj-xgrv, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9683.