Out-of-bounds read in file - CVE-2014-2270
Published: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16082
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2270
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ian F. Darwin
Affected software:
file
file
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read error in softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2270
Install updates from vendor's website.