The mcopy function in softmagic.c in file 5.x, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8, does not properly restrict a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string that is mishandled by a "Python script text executable" rule.
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=f938112c495b0d26572435c0be73ac0bfe642ecd
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1186.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1187.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/12
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75233
Source: MITRE
Published: 2016-05-16
Updated: 2019-04-22
Type: CWE-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH