VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-9653

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability4.65%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-03-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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 consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references