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CVE-2014-9620

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

• File Project File: 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13 (+8)

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
• http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html
• http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715
• https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html

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