Integer overflow in PHP - CVE-2017-5340
Published: May 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12910
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5340
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in zend/zend_hash.c due to mishandling certain cases that require large array allocations. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted serialized data and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in zend/zend_hash.c due to mishandling certain cases that require large array allocations. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted serialized data and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5340
Update to version 7.0.15 or 7.1.1.