CVE-2014-9653 [High] | Input Validation Bypass in File

CVE-2014-9653 is rated High Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.83%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-12-28	2.96%	6.83%	+3.86%
2	2025-12-27	6.83%	2.96%	-3.86%
3	2025-12-01	—	6.83%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-12-28

2.96%

6.83%

+3.86%

2025-12-27

6.83%

2.96%

-3.86%

2025-12-01

—

6.83%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.5	2.0	HIGH	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	10.0	6.4	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.5

2.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L): Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

10.0

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9653

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2014-9653 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (file), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9653
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2014-9653: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-42), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/file); latest impact normal.	https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9653
`redhat`	low	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9653
`suse`	high	CVE-2014-9653 severity important: SUSE including 51 source package names (0.9.1:file-5.22-10.3.1, 0.9.1:file-magic-5.22-10.3.1, …), 178 product×package rows across 59 product lines (Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend, Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny, … (59 product lines)): Fixed 170, Known Not Affected 8.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9653/
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2014-9653 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (file, php5), 36 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 19, DNE 11, ignored 4, needed 1, released 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9653

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
file_project	file	<= 5.21	cpe:2.3:a:file_project:file::::::::
php	php	<= 5.4.36	cpe:2.3:a:php:php::::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:::::::*
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha4::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha5::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha6::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta1::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta2::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta3::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:beta4::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc1::::::
php	php	5.5.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:rc2::::::
php	php	5.5.1	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.1:::::::*
php	php	5.5.2	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.2:::::::*
php	php	5.5.3	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.3:::::::*
php	php	5.5.4	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.4:::::::*
php	php	5.5.5	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.5:::::::*
php	php	5.5.6	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.6:::::::*
php	php	5.5.7	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.7:::::::*
php	php	5.5.8	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.8:::::::*
php	php	5.5.9	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.9:::::::*
php	php	5.5.10	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.10:::::::*
php	php	5.5.11	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.11:::::::*
php	php	5.5.12	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.12:::::::*
php	php	5.5.13	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.13:::::::*
php	php	5.5.14	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.14:::::::*
php	php	5.5.15	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.15:::::::*
php	php	5.5.16	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.16:::::::*
php	php	5.5.17	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.17:::::::*
php	php	5.5.18	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.18:::::::*
php	php	5.5.19	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.19:::::::*
php	php	5.5.20	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.20:::::::*
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha5::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta1::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta2::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta3::::::
php	php	5.6.0	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:beta4::::::
php	php	5.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.1:::::::*
php	php	5.6.2	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.2:::::::*
php	php	5.6.3	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.3:::::::*
php	php	5.6.4	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.4:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2014-9653

URL	Tags
http://bugs.gw.com/view.php?id=409
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143748090628601&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
http://mx.gw.com/pipermail/file/2014/001649.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/13
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0760.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3196
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72516
https://github.com/file/file/commit/445c8fb0ebff85195be94cd9f7e1df89cade5c7f
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-42
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3686-1/

URL

CVE-2014-9653

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9653

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9653

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9653

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9653

References for CVE-2014-9653