The ELF parser in file 5.08 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of notes. The ELF parser in file before 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of program or section headers or invalid capabilities. It was reported that a malformed elf file can cause file urility to access invalid memory. The ELF parser in file 5.16 through 5.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string. softmagic.c in file before 5.21 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors