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CVE-2014-9491

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.74% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-01-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2014-9491
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.74%

Original NVD 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.