CVE-2014-2270
file: out-of-bounds access in search rules with offsets from input file
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 20, 2013
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information (fileinfo) extension handled search rules. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to crash or consume an excessive amount of CPU.
Statement
This issue did not affect the php packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue did not affect the php packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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-125 · Out-of-bounds Read