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    CVE-2014-8116

    The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.

    Published:Dec 16, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 17, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.08497
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    File Project
    Product
    File
    Vendor
    Freebsd
    Product
    Freebsd
    Vendor
    Mageia
    Product
    Mageia
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
    https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
    https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
    https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
    https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
    http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
    http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
    https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
    https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
    https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
    https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High