CVE-2014-8117
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-8117 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-12-17 19:59:05 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 10.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | File Project | File | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Mageia | Mageia | 4.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| USN-2535-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.freebsd.org | Vendor Advisory |
| - reduce recursion level from 20 to 10 and make a symbolic constant f… · file/file@6f737dd · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| USN-2494-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0040 - Updated php packages fix security vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | advisories.mageia.org | Third Party Advisory |
| file/ChangeLog at 00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38 · file/file · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| file CVE-2014-8117 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | |
| Security Advisory SA61944 - SUSE update for file - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| FreeBSD file(1) and libmagic(3) File Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| oss-sec: file(1): multiple denial of service issues (resource consumption), CVE-2014-8116 and CVE-2014-8117 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.