Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-3478
CVE-2014-3478
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.
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Affected products
81cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
- cpe:2.3:a:christos_zoulas:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.18
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <5.19
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 59 more
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.4.29
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coordsRange: < 5.3.17-47.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
19- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdPatch
- github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08nvdExploitPatch
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59794nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59831nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6443nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlnvd
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239nvd
- support.apple.com/HT204659nvd
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