CVE-2014-8117
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056Advisory
- 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