CVE catalog
CVE-2014-3478
file: CVE-2014-3478
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 15.18% · Oct 27, 2026
Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.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, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | file | sid | 1:5.47-4 | fixed |
| Debian | file | forky | 1:5.47-4 | fixed |
| Debian | file | trixie | 1:5.46-5 | fixed |
| Debian | file | bookworm | 1:5.44-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 5.11-2ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | file | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | php5 | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | file | source | sid | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | forky | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | trixie | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | file | source | bookworm | 1:5.19-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | file | deb | 14.04 | 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3478 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | php5 | deb | 14.04 | 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3478 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [file]Fixed
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic1]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic-dev]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
- [libmagic-mgc]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.44-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
1:5.44-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · bookworm; dsa · file · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [file]Fixed
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic1t64]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic-dev]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
- [libmagic-mgc]Fixed
Source package: [file]
Details (2)
1:5.46-5· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
1:5.46-5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:5.19-1dsa · file · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2014_1327.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3478]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3478]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3478]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-3478.json]
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