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    CVE-2014-3478

    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.

    Published:Jun 27, 2014
    Last Modified:Dec 4, 2025
    EPS:Jul 9, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.43748
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Christos Zoulas
    Product
    File
    Vendor
    Php
    Product
    Php
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2014-3587 (CVSS 4.3) — Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo…
    CVE-2014-0207 (CVSS 6.5) — The cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP befo…
    CVE-2014-3538 (CVSS 5) — file before 5.19 does not properly restrict the amount of data read during a regex search, which allows remote…
    CVE-2012-1571 (CVSS 6.5) — file before 5.11 and libmagic allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Compos…
    CVE-2013-7345 (CVSS 5) — The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses mult…
    CVE-2009-3930 (CVSS 9.3) — Multiple integer overflows in Christos Zoulas file before 5.02 allow user-assisted remote attackers to have an…
    CVE-2009-1515 (CVSS 6.8) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the cdf_read_sat function in src/cdf.c in Christos Zoulas file 5.00 allows user-…

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High