VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-3487

medium
Published 2014-07-09 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

The cdf_read_property_info function 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, does not properly validate a stream offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:5.19-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:5.19-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:5.19-1
debian debiansidfixed1:5.19-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:5.19-1
suse suse11.4affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
file_projectfile{"endExcluding":"5.19"}5.19
php phpphp{"endExcluding":"5.3.29"}5.3.29

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.