Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2014-2497 |
CWE-ID | CWE-476 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PHP Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages |
Vendor | PHP Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU33295
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2497
CWE-ID:
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted color table in an XPM file.
MitigationUpdate to version 5.4.27.
Vulnerable software versionsPHP: 5.4.0 - 5.4.26
External linkshttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0288.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59061
http://secunia.com/advisories/59418
http://secunia.com/advisories/59496
http://secunia.com/advisories/59652
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3215
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:153
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66233
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66901
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076676
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04
http://support.apple.com/HT204659
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.