GHSA-7ffm-2w4x-4wm5

GHSA-7ffm-2w4x-4wm5 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

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

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-7ffm-2w4x-4wm5
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-7ffm-2w4x-4wm5

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-7ffm-2w4x-4wm5/fixes/registry"

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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html url
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9620 advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/ce90e05774dd77d86cfc8dfa6da57b32816841c4 url
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08 url
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/9 url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71715 url
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1 url
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html url
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001653.html url
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2015/001660.html url
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3121 url

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