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CVE-2014-9652

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

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Summary

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.

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Affected versions

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References 21

marc.info

securityfocus.com

lists.apple.com

oracle.com

lists.opensuse.org

GitHub · file/file

php.net

support.apple.com

bugs.php.net

rhn.redhat.com

bugs.gw.com

security.gentoo.org

openwall.com