CVE-2013-7345 | BDVDB-2026-60567 Detail

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The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline characters.

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1. Version 12014-03-23Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.