Reachable assertion in file - CVE-2014-0207
Published: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16087
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0207
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ian F. Darwin
Affected software:
file
file
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to assertion failure in the cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.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. A remote attacker can trigger reachable assertion via a specially crafted CDF file and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to assertion failure in the cdf_read_short_sector function in cdf.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. A remote attacker can trigger reachable assertion via a specially crafted CDF file and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0207
Install updates from vendor's website.