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CVE-2014-5045
CVE-2014-5045
PUBLISHED
The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.
EPSS 0.03% · 8.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.03%
8.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Aug 1, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5045 third-party-advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/21/98 third-party-advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/21/245 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2336-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2337-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5045 third-party-advisory