FKIE_CVE-2014-3538
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-07-03 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:08
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| christos_zoulas | file | * | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.00 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.01 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.02 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.03 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.04 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.05 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.06 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.07 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.08 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.09 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.10 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.11 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.12 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.13 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.14 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.15 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.16 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.17 | |
| php | php | * | |
| php | php | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
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