CVE-2014-0207 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted CDF file in the libmagic library used by PHP's Fileinfo component.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-0207?
CVE-2014-0207 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The cdf_read_short_sector 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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted CDF file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0207?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Christos Zoulas File, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Linux, Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2014-0207?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-0207 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0207 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0207, GHSA-gwwq-gpw7-qfjr, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0207.