CVE-2014-2270

softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and crash) via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable.

Published: 2014-03-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2270 is rated Moderate Risk (43.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.33%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2270

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 30.77% 4.33% -26.44%
2 2026-05-24 27.07% 30.77% +3.70%
3 2026-02-18 — 27.07% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2270

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2270

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2270

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-2270 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2270
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2270: 2 GLSA(s) (201408-11, 201503-08), 2 atom(s) (dev-lang/php, sys-apps/file); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2270
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2270
suse medium CVE-2014-2270 severity moderate: SUSE including 409 source package names (apache2-mod_php5, apache2-mod_php5-5.6.28-1.1, …), 417 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12, … (16 product lines)): Known Not Affected 211, Fixed 206. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2270/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2270 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (file, php5), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): released 9, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2270

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2270

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
file_project file < 5.17 cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php < 5.4.26 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 5.5.0, < 5.5.10 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2270

URL Tags
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=313 Broken Link Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00084.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/473 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/504 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/505 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2873 Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2162-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2163-1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/447558595a3650db2886cd2f416ad0beba965801 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-08 Third Party Advisory
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