CVE catalog
CVE-2014-3538
file: CVE-2014-3538
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 11.81% · Oct 25, 2026
file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted file that triggers backtracking during processing of an awk rule. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7345.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | file | sid | 1:5.47-4 | fixed |
| Debian | file | forky | 1:5.47-4 | fixed |
| Debian | file | trixie | 1:5.46-5 | fixed |
| Debian | file | bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 5.11-2ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | file | source | sid | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | forky | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | trixie | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | bookworm | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | file | deb | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3538 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [file]Fixed
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic1]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic-dev]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic-mgc]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [file]Fixed
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic1t64]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic-dev]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic-mgc]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2014_1327.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3538]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-50-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-67-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3008-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3538]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3538]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-3538.json]
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