CVE-2014-9426

HIGH

PHP < 5.6.4 - Denial of Service via Fileinfo Component Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The apprentice_load function in libmagic/apprentice.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP through 5.6.4 attempts to perform a free operation on a stack-based character array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because the standard erealloc behavior makes the free operation unreachable

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0078
EPSS Percentile 74.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (1)
php/php < 5.6.4
Published Dec 31, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026