CVE-2014-9653

Published: Mar 30, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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 consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

PHP Group

oss-projectaka php, pear

PHPLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries

file project

oss-project

fileLibrary

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

php

oss-project·USaka pear, pecl, php language

phpDev Tool

OSS Libraries / generic-library

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Initial Access

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References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9653

cve.mitre.org

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68819

bugs.php.net

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2

marc.info

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