The Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver in Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang…

Description

The Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver in Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang and crash) via certain operations involving truncated files, as demonstrated via the dd command.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• 21934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 27227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 21695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10796 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 31685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 22382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-346-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060831 rPSA-2006-0162-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 19562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22093 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31229 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:57 UTC.