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CVE-2014-3479

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The cdf_check_stream_offset 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, relies on incorrect sector-size data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted stream offset in a CDF file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• File Project File: before 5.19 — fixed in 5.19
• Opensuse: 11.4
• Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 7
• PHP: before 5.3.29; from 5.4.0 before 5.4.30; from 5.5.0 before 5.5.14 — fixed in 5.3.29, 5.4.30, 5.5.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: File Project File 5.19; PHP 5.3.29, 5.4.30, 5.5.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
• http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59794
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59831
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2974
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

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