CVE-2014-3478

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3478
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-09 11:07:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a | CWE-119 CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 Christos Zoulas File 5.00 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.01 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.02 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.03 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.04 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.05 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.06 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.07 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.08 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.09 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.10 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.11 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.12 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.13 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.14 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.15 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.16 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File 5.17 All All All
Application Christos Zoulas File All All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.10 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.11 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.12 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.12 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.12 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.13 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.13 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.14 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.15 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.16 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.4.17 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.18 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.19 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.20 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.21 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.22 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.23 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.24 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.25 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.26 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.27 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.28 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.8 All All All
Application Php Php 5.4.9 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha3 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha4 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha5 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 alpha6 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Php Php 5.5.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.10 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.11 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.12 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.13 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.8 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.9 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
PHP :: Sec Bug #67410 :: fileinfo: mconvert incorrect handling of truncated pascal string size af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Patch
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
openSUSE-SU-2014:1236-1: moderate: several security fixes for php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Correctly compute the truncated pascal string size (Francisco Alonso and · file/file@27a14bc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net
PHP Fileinfo Component CVE-2014-3478 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2974-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 OS X 10.10.3 and Security Update 2015-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
file-5.19 is now available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3021-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03102 SSRT101681 rev.1 - HP-UX Apache Server Suite running Apache Tomcat o' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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