CVE-2014-8117
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
FreeBSD Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| file_project | file | {"endIncluding":"5.20"} | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
- 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/1031344
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8117
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.