CVE-2014-2270

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 14 Mar 2014, 15:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
30.77% HIGH
31% probability -2.17%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Mar 2014, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 30.77%• Percentile: 97%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    10.04 | 12.04 | 12.10 | 13.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0

  • file_project•file

    < 5.17

  • opensuse•opensuse

    11.4 | 12.3 | 13.1

  • Unknown•PHP

    < 5.4.26 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.5.10

References (15)