Out-of-bounds read in file - CVE-2014-2270
Published: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16082
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2270
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read error in softmagic.c in file before 5.17 and libmagic. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error via crafted offsets in the softmagic of a PE executable and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
file
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
php5 (Ubuntu package)
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
php5 (Ubuntu package)
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2270
Install updates from vendor's website.
file - update to 5.17
php5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24, 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11
dev-lang/php - update to 5.5.16
php5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.24, 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.11
dev-lang/php - update to 5.5.16