Is CVE-2014-2270 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2270 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-2270?

CVE-2014-2270 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-2270

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 4.3% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-2308)
Published: March 14, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2308 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
file project / file
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
php / php

References

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)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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