file: malformed elf file causes access to uninitialized memory
Published Mar 30, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.65%
Description
readelf.c in file before 5.22, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.37, 5.5.x before 5.5.21, and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, does not consider that pread calls sometimes read only a subset of the available data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 5.21
Configuration 2
- ≤ 5.4.36
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
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- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.8
- 5.5.9
- 5.5.10
- 5.5.11
- 5.5.12
- 5.5.13
- 5.5.14
- 5.5.15
- 5.5.16
- 5.5.17
- 5.5.18
- 5.5.19
- 5.5.20
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
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- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.0
- 5.6.1
- 5.6.2
- 5.6.3
- 5.6.4
Configuration 3
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
file-0:5.04-30.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0760
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
file-0:5.11-31.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2155
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cdrtools
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
file
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
rpm
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php
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
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-php56-php
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | file-0:5.04-30.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0760 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | file-0:5.11-31.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2155 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cdrtools | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | file | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | rpm | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | 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 |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-php56-php | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.65% (0.04648) | 91.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.68% (0.04681) | 90.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 91.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02963) | 86.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 7.23% (0.07233) | 90.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 9.51% (0.09509) | 92.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 3.74% (0.03745) | 87.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 9.51% (0.09509) | 92.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 3.74% (0.03745) | 87.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.99% (0.08990) | 91.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.88% (0.12877) | 90.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.99% (0.08990) | 91.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.39% (0.04386) | 92.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2024 | 4.39% (0.04386) | 92.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.04% (0.06043) | 92.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3196 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72516 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9653 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190116 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9653
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9653
Change history (0)
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