CVE-2014-3478
Last modified
CVE-2014-3478 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 15.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christos Zoulas | File | <= 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 | <= 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 | Rc1 |
| Php | Php | 5.4.16 | Rc1 |
| 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 | — |
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