CVE-2014-8117

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.

• CWE-399

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLogIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81cIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.ascVendor Advisory
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLogIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81cIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.ascVendor Advisory

Published

Dec 17, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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