CVE-2014-9491
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.74% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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CWE-476USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (13)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71559cnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99686cnnvd
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5cnnvd
- https://www.illumos.org/issues/5421cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/27enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99686enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/d65686849024838243515b5c40ae2c479460b4b5enisa_euvd
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