Unscored severity · published Mar 30, 2015
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…
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CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
through 5.4.36; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; +34 more · source: NVD
FI
File · File Project
through 5.20 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9652
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9652
bugs.gw.com
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00004.html
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
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