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CVE-2014-3538

N/A
Published: July 3, 2014 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxPHPFile

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

File· Christos Zoulas
95%
v ≤ 5.185.005.015.025.035.045.055.065.075.085.095.105.115.125.135.145.155.165.17
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
7.08.0
PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
5.4.0 ≤ v < 5.4.325.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.16
Affected range stops below 5.4.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (22)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399

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