{"id":"USN-2494-1","summary":"file vulnerabilities","details":"Francisco Alonso discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF\nfiles. An attacker could use this issue to cause file to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3710)\n\nThomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly handled certain ELF files.\nAn attacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting\nin a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8116)\n\nThomas Jarosch discovered that file incorrectly limited recursion. An\nattacker could use this issue to cause file to hang or crash, resulting in\na denial of service. (CVE-2014-8117)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:07:37.592487Z","published":"2015-02-04T17:56:07Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3710","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8117"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3710","CVE-2014-8116","CVE-2014-8117","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3710","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8116","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8117"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2494-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3710"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8116"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8117"}],"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":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"file","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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2494-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-3710"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-8116"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-8117"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}