CVE-2014-0207
file: cdf_read_short_sector insufficient boundary check
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · June 27, 2014
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension parsed certain Composite Document Format (CDF) files. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application using fileinfo via a specially crafted CDF file.
Statement
This issue does not affect the file, php, or php53 packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the file package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact, a future update my address this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified