CVE-2014-2270

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2270
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-14 15:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionsoftmagic.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File All All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: Re: CVE Request: file: crashes when checking softmagic for some corrupt PE executables af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0367-1: moderate: file: security fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
file: Denial of Service (GLSA 201503-08) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0364-1: moderate: file: security fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0435-1: moderate: file: fixed off-by-one errors af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2163-1: PHP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: file: crashes when checking softmagic for some corrupt PE executables af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2162-1: file vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
0000313: [PATCH] file crashes when checking softmagic for some corrupt PE executables - bugs.gw.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gw.com Broken Link, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2873-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
PR/313: Aaron Reffett: Check properly for exceeding the offset. · file/file@4475585 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE Request: file: crashes when checking softmagic for some corrupt PE executables af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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