What is CVE-2014-5471?

CVE-2014-5471 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10. CVE-2014-5471 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5471?

CVE-2014-5471 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-5471?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-5471 patch availability.

Is CVE-2014-5471 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5471 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-5471

Medium

Stack consumption vulnerability in the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion, and system crash or reboot) via a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry referring to a directory entry that has a CL entry.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-09-01

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2014-5471 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-5471

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-09-01

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5471?

CVE-2014-5471 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10 . CVE-2014-5471 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5471?

CVE-2014-5471 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-5471?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-5471 patch availability.
Is CVE-2014-5471 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2014-5471 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.