Is CVE-2014-3710 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3710 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3710?

CVE-2014-3710 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-3710

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 14.0%EU EUVD

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.

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-20
EPSS score: 14.0% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3654)
Published: November 5, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3654 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
php / php

References

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1803228597e82218a8c105e67975bc50e6f5bf0d
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00113.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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1768.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60630(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60699(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61763(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61970(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61982(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62347(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62559(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3072(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70807(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031344(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2494-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68283(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155071(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/39c7ac1106be844a5296d3eb5971946cc09ffda0(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-03(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT204659(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:28.file.asc(Third Party Advisory)

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

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