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…
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- HPSBMU03409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 72505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- HPSBMU03380 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0440 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/59e63838913eee47f5c120a6c53d4565af638158 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0436 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=68735&patch=bug68735.patch&revision=1420309079 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0424 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-42 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150205 Re: CVE Request: PHP/file: out-of-bounds memory access in softmagic (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68735 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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