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The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
- Products
- file
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:5.20-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-3710
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The donote function in readelf.c in file through 5.20, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP 5.4.34, does not ensure that sufficient note headers are present, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted ELF file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3710
file
Fixed versions: 1:5.20-2
file
Fixed versions: 1:5.20-2
file
Fixed versions: 1:5.20-2
Complete source record
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