6.4

CVE-2014-5120: php Improper Input Validation

Modified
Published 23-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5120 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 16.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
16.93%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 2
MGASA-2014-0367OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1RHSA-2014:1327RHSA-2014:1765RHSA-2014:1766

Timeline

  1. 23-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

gd_ctx.c in the GD component in PHP 5.4.x before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 does not ensure that pathnames lack %00 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via crafted input to an application that calls the (1) imagegd, (2) imagegd2, (3) imagegif, (4) imagejpeg, (5) imagepng, (6) imagewbmp, or (7) imagewebp function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

16.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 16.93% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Php1 product
  • phpEOL5.4.0 | 5.4.0:beta2 | 5.4.0:rc2 | 5.4.1 | 5.4.2 | 5.4.3 | 5.4.4 | 5.4.5 | 5.4.6 | 5.4.7 | 5.4.8 | 5.4.9 | 5.4.10 | 5.4.11 | 5.4.12 | 5.4.12:rc1 | 5.4.12:rc2 | 5.4.13 | 5.4.13:rc1 | 5.4.14 | 5.4.14:rc1 | 5.4.15 | 5.4.15:rc1 | 5.4.16:rc1 | 5.4.17 | 5.4.18 | 5.4.19 | 5.4.20 | 5.4.21 | 5.4.22 | 5.4.23 | 5.4.24 | 5.4.25 | 5.4.26 | 5.4.27 | 5.4.28 | 5.4.29 | 5.4.30 | 5.4.31 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.0:alpha1 | 5.5.0:alpha2 | 5.5.0:alpha3 | 5.5.0:alpha4 | 5.5.0:alpha5 | 5.5.0:alpha6 | 5.5.0:beta1 | 5.5.0:beta2 | 5.5.0:beta3 | 5.5.0:beta4 | 5.5.0:rc1 | 5.5.0:rc2 | 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

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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