VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-9652
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.21, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not properly handle a certain string-length field during a copy of a truncated version of a Pascal string, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted file.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer