CVE-2014-3478
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 37.6%
Description
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.
How to fix CVE-2014-3478
To remediate CVE-2014-3478, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/file—upgrade to 1:5.19-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-3478 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 37.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:5.19-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |