Home/CVE/Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP be
CVE

CVE-2014-3478

Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP be

Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 0.37602
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
▤

Affected Products & Versions

4
christos zoulas file<= 5.18
christos zoulas fileall versions
php<= 5.4.29
phpall versions
⚠

Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgithub.com · 27a14bc7ba285a0a5ebfdb55e54001aa11932b08github.com
◈

Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalWmiexec Default Output File
productcriticalHackTool - QuarksPwDump Dump File
productcriticalWmiprvse Wbemcomn DLL Hijack - File
productcriticalHackTool - Dumpert Process Dumper Default File
productcriticalHackTool - Mimikatz Kirbi File Creation
producthighOpenCanary - SMB File Open Request
▣

Scoring & Timeline

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Jul 2014 · 11:07 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
SSVC asks the questions that actually drive patch urgency: is it being exploited, can attacks be automated, and how total is the impact.
⚑

Vendor Advisories

11
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1638-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:2155Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0370-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0436-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1018-1
🔗

References & Sources

18
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin