CVE-2014-3462

high
Published 2017-08-07 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

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".

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3462

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3462.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.8.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.8.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.8.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.8.1-1
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse42.2affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
encfs_projectencfs{"endExcluding":"1.7.5"}1.7.5

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.