usn-2494-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-02-04 17:56
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
file vulnerabilities
Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)

Thomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)

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              "id": "CVE-2014-3710",
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          },
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF\nfiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)\n\nThomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files.\nAn attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)\n\nThomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An\nattacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in\na denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)\n",
  "id": "USN-2494-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-02-04T17:56:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2494-1"
    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3710"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8116"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "file vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3710",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8117"
  ]
}



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