CVE-2014-9620
The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.
02 Description
The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-21 18:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 60d41af7eb23949679cece82d1f9da1395ed90e8a73fb55cfd364eead7a3a482
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150117 Re: CVE request: file(1) DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3686-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0760http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
- mx.gw.com[File] 20150102 file 5.22 is now availablehttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
- www.securityfocus.com71715http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
- mx.gw.com[File] 20141216 file 5.21 is now availablehttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3121http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-08https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 1:5.21+15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 1:5.21+15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 1:5.21+15-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- file Fixed in 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.