CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-8116

Published: Dec 17, 2014 | Modified: Jan 05, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
File File_project 5.20 (including) 5.20 (including)
Freebsd Freebsd * *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat file-0:5.04-30.el6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat file-0:5.11-31.el7 *
File Ubuntu devel *
File Ubuntu lucid *
File Ubuntu precise *
File Ubuntu trusty *
File Ubuntu utopic *

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