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CVE-2014-3538

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 11.81% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-07-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2014-3538
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
11.81%

Original NVD Description

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.