What is CVE-2014-0238?

CVE-2014-0238 is a vulnerability in PHP, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-06-01.

Is CVE-2014-0238 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in PHP

CVE-2014-0238

The cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access) via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2014-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.208 (97.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.208 · newest: 0.208 · change: 0.000

Affected products

PHP
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secunia.com/advisories/59329 (Third Party Advisory, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/59418 (Third Party Advisory, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
support.apple.com/HT204659 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.php.net/bug.php (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Third Party Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/file/file/commit/f97486ef5dc3e8735440edc4fc8808c63e1a3ef0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/67765 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0238?: CVE-2014-0238 is a vulnerability in PHP, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2014-06-01.
Is CVE-2014-0238 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.