file: root_storage NULL pointer deference flaw in CDF parser
Published May 16, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.54%
Description
file before 5.18, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.6.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a zero root_storage value in a CDF file, related to cdf.c and readcdf.c.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cdrtools
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
file
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
rpm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
file
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
file
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cdrtools | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rpm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of file, php, and php53 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02543) | 84.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02543) | 82.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00582) | 67.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00744) | 81.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00744) | 80.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.74% (0.00744) | 77.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3f22ff5c697aef854ffc1918bce708b37481b0f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0236 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67329 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098209 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0236
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0236
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3f22ff5c697aef854ffc1918bce708b37481b0f | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0236 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67329 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1098209 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0236 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0236 |
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