CVE-2014-9730: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The udf_pc_to_char function in fs/udf/symlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 relies on component lengths that are unused, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.18.1

Published 2015-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.