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CVE-2014-3479

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3479 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the 'file' utility (before version 5.19) and the Fileinfo component in PHP (before 5.4.30 and 5.5.14). It arises from incorrect sector-size data handling in CDF file processing, allowing remote attackers to crash applications via a crafted stream offset. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and results in partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1493 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-23.el5_10
View patch
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-2014-3479Moderate

file: cdf_check_stream_offset insufficient boundary check

Jun 27, 2014

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
Broken LinkMailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
mx.gw.com / pipermail/file/2014/001553.html
Broken Link
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/59794
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/59831
Not Applicable
github.com / file/file/commit/36fadd29849b8087af9f4586f89dbf74ea45be67
PatchThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204659
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT6443
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2974
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/68241
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry