Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2019-9021
Published: November 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22476
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9021
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the phar_detect_phar_fname_ext() function in ext/phar/phar.c (PHAR extension) when reading PHAR archives. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PHAR archive, pass it to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9021
Install updates from vendor's website.