5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8116
"General Electric Readelf ELF Parser Denial of Service"
Description

The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 17, 2014, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 5, 2018, 2:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8116 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Freebsd freebsd
1 File_project file
1 Mageia mageia

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8116 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71700 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/file/file/commit/b4c01141e5367f247b84dcaf6aefbb4e741842b8 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog No Types Assigned https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/file/file/commit/d7cdad007c507e6c79f51f058dd77fab70ceb9f6 Issue Tracking, Patch
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 15, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc No Types Assigned https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8116 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8116 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.86 }} -0.37%

score

0.90837

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
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