Is CVE-2014-0238 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-0238 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0238?

CVE-2014-0238 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-0238

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 20.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 20.8% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-0276)
Published: June 1, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0276 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
php / php

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59061(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59329(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59418(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60998(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3021(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67765(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67327(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/f97486ef5dc3e8735440edc4fc8808c63e1a3ef0(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT204659(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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