VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-3538

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability11.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-07-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

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.

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