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title: "CVE-2014-3487\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3487

Publication date 9 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The cdf\_read\_property\_info function 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, does not
properly validate a stream offset, which allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3487?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| file | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 5.11-2ubuntu4.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.09-2ubuntu0.4 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 5.03-5ubuntu1.3 |
| php5 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.6 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3487?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

php5 in precise and earlier has different code, looks ok

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| file | * Upstream:   [93e063e](https://github.com/file/file/commit/93e063ee374b6a75729df9e7201fb511e47e259d) |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=25b1dc917a53787dbb2532721ca22f3f36eb13c0> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3487)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3487)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3487)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3487)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2278-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2278-1)
+ file vulnerabilities
+ 15 July 2014

+ [USN-2276-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2276-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 9 July 2014

### Other references

* <https://github.com/file/file/commit/93e063ee374b6a75729df9e7201fb511e47e259d>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3487>