Security Advisory
CVE-2014-9683
3.6
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
March 3, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory