CVE-2014-2270

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softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bou

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.30772

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood

Sigma rules8 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

file project file< 5.17
php< 5.4.26
php>= 5.5.0 and < 5.5.10
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
opensuseall versions

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productcriticalWmiexec Default Output File

productcriticalHackTool - QuarksPwDump Dump File

productcriticalWmiprvse Wbemcomn DLL Hijack - File

productcriticalHackTool - Dumpert Process Dumper Default File

productcriticalHackTool - Mimikatz Kirbi File Creation

producthighOpenCanary - SMB File Open Request

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producthighPotential Local File Read Vulnerability In JVM Based Application

producthighRemote Encrypting File System Abuse

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD14 Mar 2014 · 03:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:1765Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1012Low
rhsaRHSA-2014:1606Moderate
Show all 7 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-2163-1
usnUSN-2162-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00084.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/473Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/504Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/505Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443Third Party Advisory

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

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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

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

https://github.com/file/file/commit/447558595a3650db2886cd2f416ad0beba965801PatchThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08Third Party Advisory

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