{"cve":"CVE-2014-9731","nvd":{"published":"2015-08-31T10:59:04.457","modified":"2026-06-17T00:18:53.110","status":"Modified","description":"The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \\0 character, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-17"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0e5cc9a40ada6046e6bc3bdfcd0c0d7e4b706b14","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00023.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00018.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9731","score":0.00424,"percentile":0.36696,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}