CVE-2014-9653

high
Published 2015-03-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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 consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9653

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:5.22+15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:5.22+15-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:5.22+15-1
debian debiansidfixed1:5.22+15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:5.22+15-1
debian debian7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
file_projectfile{"endIncluding":"5.21"}
php phpphp{"endIncluding":"5.4.36"}
php phpphp5.5.0
php phpphp5.5.1
php phpphp5.5.2
php phpphp5.5.3
php phpphp5.5.4
php phpphp5.5.5
php phpphp5.5.6
php phpphp5.5.7
php phpphp5.5.8
php phpphp5.5.9
php phpphp5.5.10
php phpphp5.5.11
php phpphp5.5.12
php phpphp5.5.13
php phpphp5.5.14
php phpphp5.5.15
php phpphp5.5.16
php phpphp5.5.17
php phpphp5.5.18
php phpphp5.5.19
php phpphp5.5.20
php phpphp5.6.0
php phpphp5.6.1
php phpphp5.6.2
php phpphp5.6.3
php phpphp5.6.4

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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