CVE-2014-8116 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Project File

CWE-399CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion12 documents9 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
15.9%
top 5.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
File Project FileCanonical Ubuntu LinuxMageia
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianfile_project/file< 1:5.21+15-1+3
▶Ubuntufile_project/file< 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
▶NVDmageia/mageia4.0

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-633g-rmvw-w6m6: The ELF parser (readelf↗2022-05-14
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OSV
file vulnerabilities↗2015-02-04
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OSV
CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf↗2014-12-17
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CVEList
CVE-2014-8116: The ELF parser (readelf↗2014-12-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
file vulnerabilities↗2015-02-04
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Red Hat
file: multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)↗2014-12-16
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file: Multiple vulnerabilities in file(1) and libmagic(3)↗2014-12-10
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Debian
CVE-2014-8116: file - The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause ...↗2014
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8116 CVE-2014-8117 file: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2014-12-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8117 file: denial of service issue (resource consumption)↗2014-12-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8116 file: multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption)↗2014-12-08
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