FKIE_CVE-2014-8116
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-12-17 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:16
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | 5.20 | |
| freebsd | freebsd | * | |
| mageia | mageia | 4.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.10 |
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