{"cve":"CVE-2014-8116","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-17T19:59:02.637","modified":"2026-06-17T00:16:18.497","status":"Modified","description":"The ELF parser (readelf.c) in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a large number of (1) program or (2) section headers or (3) invalid capabilities.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html","http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1056","http://secunia.com/advisories/61944","http://secunia.com/advisories/62081"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","file_project:file","freebsd:freebsd","mageia:mageia"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-8116","score":0.04432,"percentile":0.9138,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}