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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9462 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2501-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.726Z

Reserved: 2015-02-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9652

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-03-30T10:59:01.347

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9652

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-11-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9652 - Bugzilla

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