CVE-2014-9652

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9652
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-30 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.21, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not properly handle a certain string-length field during a copy of a truncated version of a Pascal string, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application File Project File All 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 5.5.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.15 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.16 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.17 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.18 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.19 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.20 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 5.6.0 alpha1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha5 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.4 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 5.5.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.15 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.16 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.17 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.18 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.19 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.5.20 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 5.6.0 alpha1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 alpha5 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta1 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta3 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.0 beta4 All All
Application Php Php 5.6.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.6.4 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP libmagick 'src/softmagic.c' Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 OS X El Capitan 10.11 APPLE lists.apple.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU03409 rev.1 - HP Matrix Operating Environment, Multiple Vulnerabilities' - MARC HP marc.info
PHP :: Sec Bug #68735 :: fileinfo out-of-bounds memory access CONFIRM bugs.php.net
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: PHP/file: out-of-bounds memory access in softmagic MLIST openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0436-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
file: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-42) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0440-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0424-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
PR/398: Correctly truncate pascal strings (fixes out of bounds read o… · file/file@59e6383 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
PHP :: Bug #68735 :: Patches CONFIRM bugs.php.net
0000398: file out-of-bounds memory access - bugs.gw.com CONFIRM bugs.gw.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU03380 rev.1 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) on Linux and Windows, Mu' - MARC HP marc.info
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
PHP: PHP 5 ChangeLog CONFIRM php.net
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
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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