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CVSS 6.5 · MEDIUM

CVE-2014-3480

The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14, does not properly validate sector-count data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.

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Severity

Score: 6.5(MEDIUM)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: REQUIRED
S: UNCHANGED
C: NONE
I: NONE
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE): NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-20

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0815 (8.1%)
Percentile: 92.2%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

file_project:filephp:phpdebian:debian_linuxopensuse:opensuseoracle:linux

Technical description

The cdf_count_chain function in cdf.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14, does not properly validate sector-count data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted CDF file.

Published: 7/9/2014, 11:07:01 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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