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CVE-2014-8117

file: denial of service issue (resource consumption)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 16, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to consume an excessive amount of system resources.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-1050 · Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop