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CVE-2014-3478

Published: Jul 9, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
15.2%
Top 3.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
christos zoulas
individual-devaka file 1, file
fileLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
php
oss-project·USaka php language, pear, pecl
phpDev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://support.apple.com/HT204659
support.apple.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
debian.org
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