CVE-2014-9621
file: limit string printing to 100 chars
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · January 3, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling