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 Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-27-1 | file security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-145-1 | php5 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2974-1 | php5 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3021-1 | file security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3021-2 | file regression update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2276-1 | PHP vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2278-1 | file vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-04T20:26:53.242Z
Reserved: 2014-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-3478
Updated: 2024-08-06T10:43:06.121Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-07-09T11:07:01.587
Modified: 2025-12-04T21:16:05.920
Link: CVE-2014-3478
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN