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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-3587 · published 23 August 2014

CVE-2014-3587: Christos zoulas file vulnerability

CChristos Zoulas · File

Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 20% · top 2.6% CWE-189 · CWE-189
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
20%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
46References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in file through 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1571.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60609
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69325
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2344-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2369-1
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67716 PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/file/file/commit/0641e56be1af003aa02c7c6b0184466540637233 ExploitPatch
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/7ba1409a1aee5925180de546057ddd84ff267947 ExploitPatch
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3587
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60609
http://secunia.com/advisories/60696
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3008
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69325
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2344-1

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-3587), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.