CVE-2014-3538

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 03 Jul 2014, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
37/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
33.04% HIGH
33% probability +22.79%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jul 2014, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 33.04%• Percentile: 97%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • christos_zoulas•file

    ≤ 5.18 | 5.00 | 5.01 | 5.02 | 5.03 | 5.04 | 5.05 | 5.06 | 5.07 | 5.08 | 5.09 | 5.10 | 5.11 | 5.12 | 5.13 | 5.14 | 5.15 | 5.16 | 5.17

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • Unknown•PHP

    ≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.32 | ≥ 5.5.0, < 5.5.16

References (22)