The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation…

Description

The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.

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

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  • affected n/a

References (26)

• FEDORA-2015-0517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2515-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2491-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2490-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2492-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 62801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0178 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-0515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-2493-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f54e18f1b831c92f6512d2eedb224cd63d607d3d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20141225 Re: CVE Request Linux kernel: fs: isofs: infinite loop in CE records (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175235 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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 6 Aug 2024, 13:47 UTC.