CVE-2014-9428
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
The batadv_frag_merge_packets function in net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c in the B.A.T.M.A.N. implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 uses an incorrect length field during a calculation of an amount of memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mesh-node system crash) via fragmented packets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9249)
- Published
- January 2, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9249 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/774155(Third Party Advisory)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/7(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg309425.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.open-mesh.org/pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2014-November/012561.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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