CVE-2014-9621 (GCVE-0-2014-9621)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2015-01-21 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 13:47
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string.
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