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CVE-2014-3710 json

The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient not…

published 2014-11-05 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3654

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.0%
EPSS 14.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.

Patch / fix

  • php php 5.4.35, 5.5.19, 5.6.3
  • file Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:5.20-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3710

  • file Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3
  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3710

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • file RHEL 6 5.04-30.el6
  • file-libs RHEL 6 5.04-30.el6
  • python-magic RHEL 6 5.04-30.el6
  • file RHEL 7 5.11-31.el7
  • file-libs RHEL 7 5.11-31.el7
  • python-magic RHEL 7 5.11-31.el7
  • php53 RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-gd RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0760RHSA-2015:2155RHSA-2014:1768RHSA-2014:1767RHSA-2014:1766RHSA-2014:1765

  • file openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.29-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10221-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3710 updated cvss 4.3

file: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 file
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php53 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-gd 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-cli 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-dba 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-pdo 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-xml 5.3.3-26.el5_11, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) file 5.11-31.el7, file-libs 5.11-31.el7, python-magic 5.11-31.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2155
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) file 5.11-31.el7, file-libs 5.11-31.el7, python-magic 5.11-31.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2155
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) file 5.04-30.el6, file-libs 5.04-30.el6, python-magic 5.04-30.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0760
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php53 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-gd 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-cli 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-dba 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-pdo 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-xml 5.3.3-26.el5_11, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) file 5.04-30.el6, php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, file-libs 5.04-30.el6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, python-magic 5.04-30.el6, php-common 5.3.3-40.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-xml 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) file 5.04-30.el6, php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, file-libs 5.04-30.el6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) file 5.11-31.el7, file-libs 5.11-31.el7, php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, python-magic 5.11-31.el7, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-zts 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-imap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-intl 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-snmp 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-intl 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-snmp 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-bcmath 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pspell 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +4 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) file 5.04-30.el6, php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, file-libs 5.04-30.el6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) file 5.11-31.el7, file-libs 5.11-31.el7, php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, python-magic 5.11-31.el7, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-zts 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-imap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-intl 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-snmp 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-intl 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-snmp 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-bcmath 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pspell 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el7, +40 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el7, +40 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1765
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

14.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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