cve/2014/CVE-2014-8117.md

### [CVE-2014-8117](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8117)
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### Description

softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via unspecified vectors.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.