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Out-of-Bounds Affecting file package, versions <1:5.21+15-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 8.9% (95th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-FILE-300941
  • published 30 Mar 2015
  • disclosed 30 Mar 2015
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Introduced: 30 Mar 2015

CVE-2014-9652 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 file to version 1:5.21+15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file package and not the file package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.21, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not properly handle a certain string-length field during a copy of a truncated version of a Pascal string, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and application crash) via a crafted file.