DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8117

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8117 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	file	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	file	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Dec 17, 2014 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8117 advisory

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