Code:  mconvert(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m, int flip)
 {
 	union VALUETYPE *p = &ms->ms_value;
 
	switch (cvt_flip(m->type, flip)) {
 	case FILE_BYTE:
 		cvt_8(p, m);
 		return 1;
	case FILE_SHORT:
		cvt_16(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_LONG:
	case FILE_DATE:
	case FILE_LDATE:
		cvt_32(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_QUAD:
	case FILE_QDATE:
	case FILE_QLDATE:
	case FILE_QWDATE:
		cvt_64(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_STRING:
	case FILE_BESTRING16:
	case FILE_LESTRING16: {
		/* Null terminate and eat *trailing* return */
		p->s[sizeof(p->s) - 1] = '\0';
		return 1;
	}
	case FILE_PSTRING: {
		char *ptr1 = p->s, *ptr2 = ptr1 + file_pstring_length_size(m);
		size_t len = file_pstring_get_length(m, ptr1);
		if (len >= sizeof(p->s))
			len = sizeof(p->s) - 1;
		while (len--)
			*ptr1++ = *ptr2++;
		*ptr1 = '\0';
		return 1;
	}
	case FILE_BESHORT:
		p->h = (short)((p->hs[0]<<8)|(p->hs[1]));
		cvt_16(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_BELONG:
	case FILE_BEDATE:
 	case FILE_BELDATE:
 		p->l = (int32_t)
 		    ((p->hl[0]<<24)|(p->hl[1]<<16)|(p->hl[2]<<8)|(p->hl[3]));
		cvt_32(p, m);
 		return 1;
 	case FILE_BEQUAD:
 	case FILE_BEQDATE:
	case FILE_BEQLDATE:
	case FILE_BEQWDATE:
		p->q = (uint64_t)
		    (((uint64_t)p->hq[0]<<56)|((uint64_t)p->hq[1]<<48)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[2]<<40)|((uint64_t)p->hq[3]<<32)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[4]<<24)|((uint64_t)p->hq[5]<<16)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[6]<<8)|((uint64_t)p->hq[7]));
		cvt_64(p, m);
 		return 1;
 	case FILE_LESHORT:
 		p->h = (short)((p->hs[1]<<8)|(p->hs[0]));
		cvt_16(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_LELONG:
	case FILE_LEDATE:
 	case FILE_LELDATE:
 		p->l = (int32_t)
 		    ((p->hl[3]<<24)|(p->hl[2]<<16)|(p->hl[1]<<8)|(p->hl[0]));
		cvt_32(p, m);
 		return 1;
 	case FILE_LEQUAD:
 	case FILE_LEQDATE:
	case FILE_LEQLDATE:
	case FILE_LEQWDATE:
		p->q = (uint64_t)
		    (((uint64_t)p->hq[7]<<56)|((uint64_t)p->hq[6]<<48)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[5]<<40)|((uint64_t)p->hq[4]<<32)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[3]<<24)|((uint64_t)p->hq[2]<<16)|
 		     ((uint64_t)p->hq[1]<<8)|((uint64_t)p->hq[0]));
		cvt_64(p, m);
 		return 1;
 	case FILE_MELONG:
 	case FILE_MEDATE:
 	case FILE_MELDATE:
 		p->l = (int32_t)
 		    ((p->hl[1]<<24)|(p->hl[0]<<16)|(p->hl[3]<<8)|(p->hl[2]));
		cvt_32(p, m);
 		return 1;
 	case FILE_FLOAT:
 		cvt_float(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_BEFLOAT:
		p->l =  ((uint32_t)p->hl[0]<<24)|((uint32_t)p->hl[1]<<16)|
			((uint32_t)p->hl[2]<<8) |((uint32_t)p->hl[3]);
		cvt_float(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_LEFLOAT:
		p->l =  ((uint32_t)p->hl[3]<<24)|((uint32_t)p->hl[2]<<16)|
			((uint32_t)p->hl[1]<<8) |((uint32_t)p->hl[0]);
		cvt_float(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_DOUBLE:
		cvt_double(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_BEDOUBLE:
		p->q =  ((uint64_t)p->hq[0]<<56)|((uint64_t)p->hq[1]<<48)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[2]<<40)|((uint64_t)p->hq[3]<<32)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[4]<<24)|((uint64_t)p->hq[5]<<16)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[6]<<8) |((uint64_t)p->hq[7]);
		cvt_double(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_LEDOUBLE:
		p->q =  ((uint64_t)p->hq[7]<<56)|((uint64_t)p->hq[6]<<48)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[5]<<40)|((uint64_t)p->hq[4]<<32)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[3]<<24)|((uint64_t)p->hq[2]<<16)|
			((uint64_t)p->hq[1]<<8) |((uint64_t)p->hq[0]);
		cvt_double(p, m);
		return 1;
	case FILE_REGEX:
	case FILE_SEARCH:
	case FILE_DEFAULT:
	case FILE_CLEAR:
	case FILE_NAME:
	case FILE_USE:
		return 1;
	default:
		file_magerror(ms, "invalid type %d in mconvert()", m->type);
		return 0;
	}
}

Vulnerability Type: DoS 
CWE ID: CWE-399
Summary: 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.
Commit Message: * Enforce limit of 8K on regex searches that have no limits
* Allow the l modifier for regex to mean line count. Default
  to byte count. If line count is specified, assume a max
  of 80 characters per line to limit the byte count.
* Don't allow conversions to be used for dates, allowing
  the mask field to be used as an offset.
* Bump the version of the magic format so that regex changes
  are visible.