CVE-2013-7345
The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to
02 Description
The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-03-23 15:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 18:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-03-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-407Inefficient Algorithmic ComplexityClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f00311bc06a5685a94a06695782d8bd989ef834c22d5ecc6abe72fed2a73d2d
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/file/file/commit/ef2329cf71acb59204dd981e2c6cce6c81fe467c
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703993
- bugs.gw.comhttp://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=164
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1765http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2873http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 1:5.17-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 1:5.17-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 1:5.17-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- file Fixed in 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.