High severity · published Dec 31, 2014
CVE-2014-9426
The apprentice_load function in libmagic/apprentice.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP through 5.6.4 attempts to perform a free operation on a stack-based character array, which…
7.3
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The apprentice_load function in libmagic/apprentice.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP through 5.6.4 attempts to perform a free operation on a stack-based character array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because the standard erealloc behavior makes the free operation unreachable
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
through 5.6.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9426
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9426
git.php.net
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a72cd07f2983dc43a6bb35209dc4687852e53c09
git.php.net
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef89ab2f99fbd9b7b714556d4f1f50644eb54191
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68665
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