CVE-2014-8116
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
| freebsd | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | 5.20 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8116
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.