CVE-2014-9621

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9621
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-21 18:59:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File 5.16 All All All
Application File Project File 5.17 All All All
Application File Project File 5.18 All All All
Application File Project File 5.19 All All All
Application File Project File 5.20 All All All
Application File Project File 5.21 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Limit string printing to 100 chars, and add flags I forgot in the previo... · 65437ce · file/file · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
file: Denial of Service (GLSA 201503-08) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: file(1) DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0040 - Updated php packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
file 5.21 is now available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com
mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com Vendor Advisory
USN-3686-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
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