CVE-2014-3538

File vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

11.8%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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 vendor

Christos Zoulas

Affected product

File

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-399

Published

2014-07-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Christos Zoulas File is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3538.
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