CVE-2014-3478
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.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 (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:5.19-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:5.19-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:5.19-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:5.19-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:5.19-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | {"endIncluding":"5.18"} | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.00 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.01 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.02 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.03 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.04 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.05 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.06 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.07 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.08 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.09 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.10 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.11 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.12 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.13 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.14 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.15 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.16 | |
| christos_zoulas | file | 5.17 | |
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.4.29"} | |
| php | php | 5.4.0 | |
| php | php | 5.4.1 | |
| php | php | 5.4.2 | |
| php | php | 5.4.3 | |
| php | php | 5.4.4 | |
| php | php | 5.4.5 | |
| php | php | 5.4.6 | |
| php | php | 5.4.7 | |
| php | php | 5.4.8 | |
| php | php | 5.4.9 | |
| php | php | 5.4.10 | |
| php | php | 5.4.11 | |
| php | php | 5.4.12 | |
| php | php | 5.4.13 | |
| php | php | 5.4.14 | |
| php | php | 5.4.15 | |
| php | php | 5.4.16 | |
| php | php | 5.4.17 | |
| php | php | 5.4.18 | |
| php | php | 5.4.19 | |
| php | php | 5.4.20 | |
| php | php | 5.4.21 | |
| php | php | 5.4.22 | |
| php | php | 5.4.23 | |
| php | php | 5.4.24 | |
| php | php | 5.4.25 | |
| php | php | 5.4.26 | |
| php | php | 5.4.27 | |
| php | php | 5.4.28 | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59831
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67410
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3478
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.