VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8117
softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 5.93%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.93% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- file project/file · freebsd/freebsd · mageia/mageia · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Mailing 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/71692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLogIssue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81cIssue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.ascVendor Advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Mailing 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/71692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLogIssue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81cIssue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.ascVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.