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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-3478 · published 9 July 2014

CVE-2014-3478: Christos zoulas file memory buffer overflow vulnerability

CChristos Zoulas · File

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.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 15% · top 3.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59794
http://secunia.com/advisories/59831
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67410 Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08 ExploitPatch
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59794
http://secunia.com/advisories/59831
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68239
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67410 Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08 ExploitPatch
https://support.apple.com/HT204659

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-3478), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.