Out-of-Bounds Affecting file package, versions <1:5.17-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
94.89% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FILE-525163
  • published14 Mar 2014
  • disclosed14 Mar 2014

Introduced: 14 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-2270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 file to version 1:5.17-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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