CVE-2014-2270

high

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.

References

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08

https://github.com/file/file/commit/447558595a3650db2886cd2f416ad0beba965801

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2163-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2162-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/505

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/504

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/473

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00084.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-2308

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=313

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04318

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