CVE-2014-9621

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

Published: 2015-01-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9621 is rated Moderate Risk (51.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.98%). EPSS rose +1.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9621

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.10% 2.98% +1.87%
2 2026-04-19 1.29% 1.10% -0.18%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.29% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9621

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9621

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9621

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9621 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9621
gentoo normal CVE-2014-9621: 1 GLSA(s) (201503-08), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/file); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9621
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9621
suse medium CVE-2014-9621 severity moderate: SUSE including 46 source package names (0.9.1:file-5.22-10.3.1, 0.9.1:file-magic-5.22-10.3.1, …), 173 product×package rows across 58 product lines (Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend, Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny, … (58 product lines)): Fixed 165, Known Not Affected 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9621/
ubuntu low CVE-2014-9621 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (file, php5), 36 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 19, DNE 11, ignored 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9621

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9621

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
file_project file 5.16 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
file_project file 5.17 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
file_project file 5.18 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
file_project file 5.19 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
file_project file 5.20 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
file_project file 5.21 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:5.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9621

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