CVE-2014-9621
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
21/01/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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
- 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/
- 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
- 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/



