CVE-2014-9652

Published: Mar 30, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.21, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not properly handle a certain string-length field during a copy of a truncated version of a Pascal string, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted file.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

php

oss-project·USaka pecl, pear, php language

phpDev Tool

OSS Libraries / generic-library

file project

oss-project

fileLibrary

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

PHP Group

oss-projectaka php, pear

PHPLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398

bugs.gw.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html

lists.apple.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00002.html

lists.opensuse.org

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