# CVE-2014-3710: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68283
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1803228597e82218a8c105e67975bc50e6f5bf0d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62347
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61982
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61763
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3072
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61970
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00113.html

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