CVE-2014-3538

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.118 · 96 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

11.8% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

26 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimaryCWE-399US

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
PHP Group PHP5.4.0 → 5.4.32fstec_bduRU
PHP Group PHP5.5.0 → 5.5.16fstec_bduRU
christos zoulas file≤ 5.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.01nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.02nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.04nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.05nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.06nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.07nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.08nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.09nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
christos zoulas file= 5.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-07-03modified 2026-06-17

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