{"cve":"CVE-2014-9426","nvd":{"published":"2014-12-31T02:59:01.217","modified":"2026-06-17T00:18:20.713","status":"Modified","description":"The apprentice_load function in libmagic/apprentice.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP through 5.6.4 attempts to perform a free operation on a stack-based character array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.  NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because the standard erealloc behavior makes the free operation unreachable","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","score":7.3},"cwes":["CWE-17"],"references":["http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a72cd07f2983dc43a6bb35209dc4687852e53c09","http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef89ab2f99fbd9b7b714556d4f1f50644eb54191","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00079.html","https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68665","http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a72cd07f2983dc43a6bb35209dc4687852e53c09"],"products":["php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9426","score":0.02135,"percentile":0.82008,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}