CVE-2014-3480 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the cdf_count_chain function within the 'file' utility, affecting versions prior to 5.19, and consequently PHP versions before 5.4.30 and 5.5.14. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash an application by providing a specially crafted CDF file due to improper validation of sector-count data. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.3.29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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