CVE-2014-9621

high

Description

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08

https://github.com/file/file/commit/65437cee25199dbd385fb35901bc0011e164276c

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9

http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html

http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001654.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-21

Updated: 2018-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High