Buffer overflow in File Project
CVE-2014-9652
The 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.054 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- File Project
- PHP — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72505 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/file/file/commit/59e63838913eee47f5c120a6c53d4565af638158
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html