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CVE-2014-9621· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 86.9% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: file (Debian:12) 1:5.21+15-1; file (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2) 5.22-10.3.1; python-magic (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2) 5.22-10.3.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to file (Debian:12) 1:5.21+15-1; file (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2) 5.22-10.3.1; python-magic (SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2) 5.22-10.3.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 21, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.0% · 87th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.0%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
file projectfile

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • file project file5.16
  • file project file5.17
  • file project file5.18
  • file project file5.19
  • file project file5.20
  • file project file5.21

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12filebefore 1:5.21+15-11:5.21+15-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2filebefore 5.22-10.3.15.22-10.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2python-magicbefore 5.22-10.3.15.22-10.3.1

Same product

file project: all records

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  • CVE-2019-18218cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a heap-based buffer o
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2018-10360The do_core_note function in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read a
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2022-48554File before 5.43 has an stack-based buffer over-read in file_copystr in funcs.c.
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2017-1000249An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:file1:5.21+15-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:file5.22-10.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)
suse:python-magic5.22-10.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-399 · Resource Management Errors

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

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References

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