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

EPSS: 0.169 (96.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Christos_zoulas File
Oracle Linux — versions 7
Php
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Opensuse — versions 11.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.