Vulnerability in File Project
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- File Project — versions 5.20
- FreeBSD
- Mageia — versions 4.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- secunia.com/advisories/61944 (third-party-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)