CVE-2014-9621

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-01-21

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• File (File Project)

References

• 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/