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CVE-2014-0238

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0238 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions before 5.4.29 and 5.5.13, specifically within the Fileinfo component's cdf_read_property_info function. Attackers can trigger an infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access by providing specially crafted input with zero or excessive length. While rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, its EPSS score is relatively low, suggesting a lower likelihood of exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.3.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2081 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (16)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: file-0:5.04-21.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-23.el7_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: file-0:5.11-31.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-23.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0238Moderate

file: CDF property info parsing nelements infinite loop

May 29, 2014

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59061
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59329
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59418
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60998
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
github.com / file/file/commit/f97486ef5dc3e8735440edc4fc8808c63e1a3ef0
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204659
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT6443
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3021
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/67765
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry