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Vulnerability details: VCID-x969-386f-h7g3
Vulnerability ID VCID-x969-386f-h7g3
Aliases CVE-2014-8117
Summary A vulnerability in file could allow a context-dependent attack to create a Denial of Service condition.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
epss 0.16453 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8117
Reference id Reference type URL
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-8117.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-8117
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1943
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8116
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8117
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9652
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056
http://secunia.com/advisories/61944
http://secunia.com/advisories/62081
https://github.com/file/file/blob/00cef282a902a4a6709bbbbb933ee397768caa38/ChangeLog
https://github.com/file/file/commit/6f737ddfadb596d7d4a993f7ed2141ffd664a81c
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2535-1
1174606 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174606
773148 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773148
cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-8117 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8117
GLSA-201412-48 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-48
RHSA-2015:2155 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2155
RHSA-2016:0760 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0760
USN-2494-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2494-1/
USN-2535-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2535-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8117
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.94852
EPSS Score 0.16453
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:43.003933+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-48 38.0.0