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CVE-2014-8117 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html	CVE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081	CVE
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081	[email protected]
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
file project file	<= 5.20
CPE cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
freebsd freebsd	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mageia mageia	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 12.04 14.04 14.10
CPE 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 30, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 2, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 12, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 18, 2014	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 18, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2014-8117 Details

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