CVE-2014-1943
Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file.
02 Description
Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file.
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
- 5.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% 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
- 2014-02-18 19:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-02-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7b28e0c115f6c9a9f2904891edd0de8b0490b3d8531623b67569f34b79bf91fb
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0367http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.html
- mx.gw.com[file] 20140211 segfault in magic_bufferhttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001330.html
- mx.gw.com[file] 20142010 segfault in magic_bufferhttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001327.html
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- mx.gw.com[file] 20140213 segfault in magic_bufferhttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001337.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0364http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1765http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- mx.gw.com[file] 20140211 segfault in magic_bufferhttp://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001334.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2126-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2126-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/glensc/file/blob/FILE5_17/ChangeLog
- www.debian.orgDSA-2868http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2868
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2123-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2861http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2861
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.
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.