What is CVE-2014-3479?

CVE-2014-3479 is a vulnerability in File Project. Published 2014-07-09.

Is CVE-2014-3479 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in File Project

CVE-2014-3479

The cdf_check_stream_offset 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, relies on incorrect sector-size data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted stream offset in a CDF file.

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

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.149 (96.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.149 · newest: 0.149 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2014-3479

References

support.apple.com/HT204659 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/file/file/commit/36fadd29849b8087af9f4586f89dbf74ea45be67 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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, 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)
mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html (mailing-list, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3479?: CVE-2014-3479 is a vulnerability in File Project. Published 2014-07-09.
Is CVE-2014-3479 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.