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CVE-2014-3478 Details

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.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2	CVE
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html	CVE
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67410	CVE	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/59794	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/59831	CVE
https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://support.apple.com/HT204659	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	CVE
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2	[email protected]
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html	[email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67410	[email protected]	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/59794	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/59831	[email protected]
https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://support.apple.com/HT204659	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html	[email protected]
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
christos zoulas file	<= 5.18 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03
CPE cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.00:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.01:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.02:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.03:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.05:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.07:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.08:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.09:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:5.17:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
php php	<= 5.4.29 5.4.0 5.4.1 5.4.2 5.4.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.12:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.12:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.13:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.14:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.15:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.16:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Dec 4, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 26, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 23, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 14, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 19, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 14, 2014	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 9, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]