Vulnerability in File Project
CVE-2014-9621
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
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: 0.030 (86.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- File Project — versions 5.16, 5.17, 5.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9 (mailing-list)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html (mailing-list)
- mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08 (vendor-advisory)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c