CVE-2014-2270
N/A
Published: March 14, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 5.17
Affected range stops below 5.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00084.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/473Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/504Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/505Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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