CVE-2014-9621
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
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
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9434)
- Published
- January 21, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9434 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- file project / file
- file project / file
- file project / file
- file project / file
- file project / file
- file project / file
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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