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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.4%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61944 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-14:28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- 71700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2494-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 62081 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141216 file(1): multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption), CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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