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CVE-2014-0236

Publication date 16 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

file before 5.18, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.6.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a zero root_storage value in a CDF file, related to cdf.c and readcdf.c.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
file 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
php5 14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in file 5.18 by https://github.com/file/file/commit/209113ac443c82cc7573bb228b68ce1dd9d50f90

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
file
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H