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CVE-2014-3538

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
03/07/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.18 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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