Resource exhaustion in file - CVE-2014-1943
Published: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16078
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1943
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
file
file
Software vendor:
Ian F. Darwin
Ian F. Darwin
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite recursion when insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can trigger CPU consumption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.