Denial of Service Vulnerability in PHP Fileinfo Component

Denial of Service Vulnerability in PHP Fileinfo Component

CVE-2014-3480 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.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, does not properly validate sector-count data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.

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