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.
References
Link Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 Mailing 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/1031344 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c Issue Tracking Patch
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc Vendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 Mailing 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/1031344 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c Issue Tracking Patch
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-12-17 19:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2014-8117

Mitre link : CVE-2014-8117

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-8117


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Products Affected

file_project

  • file

freebsd

  • freebsd

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

mageia

  • mageia
CWE
CWE-399

Resource Management Errors