CVE-2014-9652
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.24% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- php/php · file project/file
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 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://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/12
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72505
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68735
- https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=68735&patch=bug68735.patch&revision=1420309079
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/59e63838913eee47f5c120a6c53d4565af638158
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/12
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.