CVE-2014-3710
The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 14.01% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- php/php · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 14.0% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1803228597e82218a8c105e67975bc50e6f5bf0d
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00113.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1768.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60630Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60699Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61763Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61970Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61982Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62347Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62559Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3072Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70807Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68283Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155071Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-03Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.