CVE-2014-9653
readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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…
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Description
readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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 consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- HPSBMU03409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3686-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
- DSA-3196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- HPSBMU03380 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (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
- [file] 20141216 [PATCH] readelf.c: better checks for values returned by pread (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 72516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-42 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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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