CVE-2014-3710

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3710
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-05 11:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

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-20 | 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
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:1516-1: moderate: Security update for file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org 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
Security Advisory SA61970 - Oracle Linux update for php53 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fix note bounds reading, Francisco Alonso / Red Hat · file/file@39c7ac1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
PHP :: Sec Bug #68283 :: fileinfo: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60699 - Red Hat update for php - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61982 - Oracle Linux update for php - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2494-1: file vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62347 - Debian update for file - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com 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
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1768 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
file: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-42) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2391-1: php5 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61763 - Ubuntu update for php5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62559 - Debian update for php5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
PHP 'donote()' Function Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201503-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA60630 - Red Hat update for php53 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.php.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3072-1 file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1155071 – CVE-2014-3710 file: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
FreeBSD file(1) and libmagic(3) File Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-1767 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
208.43.231.11 Git - php-src.git/commit MITRE git.php.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710357 Gentoo Linux file Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-42)
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