Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2014-9425
Published: December 31, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40984
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9425
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9425
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=24125f0f26f3787c006e4a51611ba33ee3b841cb
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=2bcf69d073190e4f032d883f3416dea1b027a39e
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=fbf3a6bc1abcc8a5b5226b0ad9464c37f11ddbd6
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/29/6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71800
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68676
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-03
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267