CVE-2014-9653
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Improper input validation
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/13
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3196