CVE-2014-0238

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-01 04:29:34 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access) via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in PHP 5.2 open source component for IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security (CVE-2014-3515 CVE-2014-4049 CVE-2014-3981 CVE-2014-0238 CVE-2014-0237, CVE-2014-4721, CVE-2014-4670 CVE-2014-4698) - United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2014-0207: Prevent 0 element vectors and vectors longer than the … · file/file@f97486e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.5 and Security Update 2014-004 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60998 - IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 OS X 10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0869-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59061 - SUSE update for php5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59329 - Ubuntu update for php5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
PHP :: Sec Bug #67327 :: fileinfo: CDF infinite loop in nelements DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
PHP 'cdf_read_property_info()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3021-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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