Security readout for executives and security teams
This vulnerability can crash software that identifies Microsoft Compound Document Format files. The main business risk is availability: services that inspect uploaded or emailed files using vulnerable file/libmagic or PHP Fileinfo versions could be interrupted by a crafted file. Likely exposure is file-processing paths that accept untrusted documents and call libmagic/file or PHP Fileinfo: upload validation, email attachment handling, document portals, and content-scanning jobs. Exposure depends on package versions and vendor backports. Treat as a moderate availability issue. It is not a data theft or privilege escalation finding, but vulnerable public file-processing services can be crashed and should be patched during normal security maintenance. Mitigation focus: Upgrade file/libmagic to version 5.19 or vendor-fixed packages.; Upgrade PHP to 5.4.30, 5.5.14, or vendor-supported fixed builds.; Apply relevant Debian, Red Hat, Apple, Oracle, SUSE, or HP advisories where applicable..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/file/file/commit/40bade80cbe2af1d0b2cd0420cebd5d5905a2382CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67412CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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