The cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds memory access) via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long.
CVE-2014-0238
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 20.8% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.0MEDIUMlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 43EG Risk 43/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high. - EPSS PROB
- 21%
- EPSS %ILE
- 97th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track or Track* at medium and Track* or Attend at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation public PoC (EG-KEV: elevated) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact unknown (not published for this CVE). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
June 1, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (36)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59061
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59329
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59418
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/60998
- secalert@redhathttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443
- secalert@redhathttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021
- secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67765
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-0238(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2015:2155Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: file security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:1765Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: php54-php security update
- RHSA-2014:1766Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: php55-php security update
- RHSA-2014:1606Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: file security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:1013Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update
- RHSA-2014:1012Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: php53 and php security update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | php5-fpm (5.3.10-1ubuntu3.12) @ precise | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | file-0:5.11-31.el7 | 2015-11-19 | redhat |
| redhat | php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el7 | 2014-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el7 | 2014-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | file-0:5.04-21.el6 | 2014-10-13 | redhat |
| redhat | php-0:5.4.16-23.el7_0 | 2014-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | php-0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.1 | 2014-08-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:6.0(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | 5.04-5 ... 5.04-5+squeeze5 (6 versions) |
| — |
| php5 | 5.3.3-7 ... 5.3.3-7+squeeze9 (20 versions) |
| — |
Debian:7(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | 5.11-2, 5.11-2+deb7u1, 5.11-2+deb7u2, 5.11-2+deb7u3 |
| — |
| php5 | 5.4.4-14 ... 5.4.4-14+deb7u9 (9 versions) |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | — |
| — |
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| file | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| file | — |
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Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| file | — |
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Related CVEs(same product + same vendor + same CWE)
Same product
10 shownDebian:6.0:file
- CVE-2014-3480EG 6.5EPSS p96MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-0207EG 6.5EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-8117EG 5.0EPSS p93MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3710EG 5.0EPSS p96MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3538EG 5.0EPSS p96MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-0237EG 5.0EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-1943EG 5.0EPSS p92MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3587EG 4.3EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-2270EG 4.3EPSS p91MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3478EG 6.5EPSS p97MEDIUM
Same vendor
10 shownredhat:RHSA-2014:1012 · redhat:RHSA-2014:1013 · redhat:RHSA-2014:1765
- CVE-2014-0237EG 5.0EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3480EG 6.5EPSS p96MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3479EG 4.3EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-4049EG 5.1EPSS p96MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3515EG 7.5EPSS p98HIGH
- CVE-2014-0207EG 6.5EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3487EG 4.3EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-4721EG 2.6EPSS p93LOW
- CVE-2014-3478EG 6.5EPSS p97MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-3710EG 5.0EPSS p96MEDIUM
Same CWE
10 shownCWE-119
- CVE-2014-0195EG 6.8EPSS p100MEDIUM
- CVE-2014-0282EG 9.3EPSS p99HIGH
- CVE-2014-0536EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2014-0749EG 10.0EPSS p97HIGH
- CVE-2014-0782EG 8.3EPSS p99HIGH
- CVE-2014-0210EG 7.5EPSS p91HIGH
- CVE-2014-0529EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2014-0526EG 10.0EPSS p92HIGH
- CVE-2014-0524EG 10.0HIGH
- CVE-2014-0523EG 10.0EPSS p90HIGH
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