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CVE-2014-3538
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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1DescriptionCVE.org
file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345.
AnalysisAI
file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 21.0%.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345. Affected products include: Christos Zoulas File, Php, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 5.19.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP be
do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corrupt
do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_
Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component
cdf_read_property_info in cdf.c in file through 5.37 does not restrict the number of CDF_VECTOR elements, which allows a
file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Composite Docume
softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bou
The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildc
readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x be
do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused. Rated medium s
do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a in file 5.35 has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a di
The cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30
Same weakness CWE-399 – Resource Management Errors
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
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