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CVE-2014-3462

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The ".encfs6.xml" configuration file in encfs before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to access sensitive data by setting "blockMACBytes" to 0 and adding 8 to "blockMACRandBytes".

Affected products

• Encfs Project Encfs: before 1.7.5 — fixed in 1.7.5
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1, 42.2
• Opensuse: 13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Encfs Project Encfs 1.7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00090.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097537
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00090.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097537
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-09

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