CVE-2014-9652
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.21+15-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.4.36"} | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
| php | php | 5.5.14 | |
| php | php | 5.5.15 | |
| php | php | 5.5.16 | |
| php | php | 5.5.17 | |
| php | php | 5.5.18 | |
| php | php | 5.5.19 | |
| php | php | 5.5.20 | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
| file_project | file | {"endIncluding":"5.20"} | |
References
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=398
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00004.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/12
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72505
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68735
- https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=68735&patch=bug68735.patch&revision=1420309079
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/59e63838913eee47f5c120a6c53d4565af638158
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9652
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.