Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - #VU13015

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - #VU13015

Published: May 25, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13015
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger a memory corruption on exif_read_data and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

PHP

Remediation

Update to version 7.2.6.


External References

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