CVE-2014-8117

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 17, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-8117: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix