What is CVE-2014-0207?

CVE-2014-0207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Christos Zoulas File, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2014-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2014-0207?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-0207 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Christos Zoulas File

CVE-2014-0207

The cdf_read_short_sector 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted CDF file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2014-07-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.169 (97.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.169 · newest: 0.169 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Christos Zoulas File
Oracle Linux — versions 7
PHP
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
openSUSE — versions 11.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
support.apple.com/HT204659 (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68243 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/59794 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0207?: CVE-2014-0207 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Christos Zoulas File, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2014-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2014-0207?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-0207 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.