CVE-2014-3478 | BDVDB-2026-62589 Detail
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact none, availability impact high. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
References#
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59794
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.