CVE-2014-8116
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7961)
- Published
- December 17, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7961 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- file project / file
- freebsd / freebsd
- mageia / mageia
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 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(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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