CVE-2014-3479

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3479
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-09 11:07:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe cdf_check_stream_offset function in cdf.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, relies on incorrect sector-size data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted stream offset in a CDF file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File All 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 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
PHP Fileinfo Component 'cdf_check_stream_offset()' Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2014:1236-1: moderate: several security fixes for php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.php.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Use the proper sector size when checking stream offsets (Francisco Al… · file/file@36fadd2 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party 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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2974-1 php5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org 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 Broken Link, Mailing List
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
file-5.19 is now available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mx.gw.com Broken Link
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
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
PHP :: Sec Bug #67411 :: fileinfo: cdf_check_stream_offset insufficient boundary check af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX03102 SSRT101681 rev.1 - HP-UX Apache Server Suite running Apache Tomcat o' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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