THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9653
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9653

File vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
readelf.c in file before 5.22, 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 consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Affected vendor
File Project
Affected product
File
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2015-03-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9653

  • Confirm whether File Project File is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9653.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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