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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

2014-12-17T19:59:02.637

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	file_project	file	5.20	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	*	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	4.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)