{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3538","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:05:19.621829Z","published":"2014-07-03T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2278-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3538"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3538"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098222"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/30/7"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2278-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3538"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"file","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/file@1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1"}]}],"versions":["5.11-2ubuntu4","1:5.14-2ubuntu1","1:5.14-2ubuntu2","1:5.14-2ubuntu3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"file"},{"binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"libmagic-dev"},{"binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"libmagic1"},{"binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"python-magic"},{"binary_version":"1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1","binary_name":"python3-magic"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3538.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}