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CVE-2014-3710

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3710 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the donote function of readelf.c, affecting file through version 5.20 and the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, as well as various Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted ELF file. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), the attack requires no authentication and has a low attack complexity, leading to potential application crashes. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.3CPE 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
14.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1401 is in the 96th 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 (17)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-40.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: file-0:5.04-30.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: file-0:5.11-31.el7
View patch
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: php53-0:5.3.3-26.el5_11
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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: file

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3710Moderate

file: out-of-bounds read in elf note headers

Oct 22, 2014

References

git.php.net
linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
Third Party Advisory
linux.oracle.com / errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00113.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
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1768.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60630
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60699
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/61763
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/61970
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/61982
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/62347
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/62559
Third Party Advisory
github.com / file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-03
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-42
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT204659
Third Party Advisory
freebsd.org / security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3072
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/70807
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1031344
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2391-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2494-1
Third Party Advisory