CVE-2014-1943

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-755

Description

Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash) via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
Fine Free File Project Fine Free File: before 5.17 — fixed in 5.17
PHP: from 5.4.0 before 5.4.26; from 5.5.0 before 5.5.10 — fixed in 5.4.26, 5.5.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Fine Free File Project Fine Free File 5.17; PHP 5.4.26, 5.5.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00034.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00037.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001327.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001330.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001334.html
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001337.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2861
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2868
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2123-1

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