CVE-2014-1421: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mountall 1.54, as used in Ubuntu 14.10, does not properly handle the umask when using the mount utility, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Published 2014-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.