CVE-2014-2270 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-2270

softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

file project

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Affected Software

file, php, debian linux, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 11.4, 12.3, 13.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 14th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.