CVE-2014-8116
N/A
Published: December 17, 2014 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFreeBSDMageia
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6
References (14)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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