CVE-2014-3538
file: unrestricted regular expression matching
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · June 27, 2014
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
Multiple flaws were found in the File Information (fileinfo) extension regular expression rules for detecting various files. A remote attacker could use either of these flaws to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to consume an excessive amount of CPU.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified