NULL pointer dereference in PHP - CVE-2014-2497
Published: March 21, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33295
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2497
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2497
Update to version 5.4.27.
Sources
- http://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
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66901
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076676
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659