{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:36:26.013337Z","published":"2014-12-17T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2494-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-8116"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8116"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2494-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8116"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"}]}],"versions":["5.11-2ubuntu4","1:5.14-2ubuntu1","1:5.14-2ubuntu2","1:5.14-2ubuntu3","1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","1:5.14-2ubuntu3.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"},{"binary_name":"libmagic-dev","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"},{"binary_name":"libmagic1","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"},{"binary_name":"python-magic","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"},{"binary_name":"python3-magic","binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}