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CVE-2014-1943
Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0367 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [file] 20140211 segfault in magic_buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [file] 20142010 segfault in magic_buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [file] 20140213 segfault in magic_buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0364 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1765 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [file] 20140211 segfault in magic_buffer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2126-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/glensc/file/blob/FILE5_17/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2123-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-2861 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-1997 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-1943)Record last updated .