file: denial of service issue (resource consumption)
Published Dec 17, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.93%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 5.20
- n/a
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
file-0:5.04-30.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0760
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
file-0:5.11-31.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2155
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
file
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-php56-php
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-0:5.04-30.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0760 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-0:5.11-31.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2155 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-php56-php | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.93% (0.05926) | 93.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.93% (0.05926) | 92.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 16.45% (0.16453) | 94.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 10.06% (0.10058) | 92.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 16.45% (0.16453) | 94.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 14.62% (0.14617) | 94.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 8.84% (0.08841) | 92.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 14.62% (0.14617) | 94.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.29% (0.09294) | 91.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.26% (0.12261) | 89.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | 9.29% (0.09294) | 92.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.52% (0.11519) | 93.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.31% (0.07311) | 94.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.85% (0.02855) | 91.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 3.22% (0.03222) | 91.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.20% (0.03201) | 89.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61944 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62081 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8117 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174606 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8117
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8117
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDVendor Advisory
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