CVE-2014-9491

high

Description

The devzvol_readdir function in illumos does not check the return value of a strchr call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via unspecified vectors.

References

https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421

https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00825