Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - CVE-2013-2110
Published: June 21, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42774
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2110
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_quot_print_encode function in ext/standard/quot_print.c in PHP before 5.3.26 and 5.4.x before 5.4.16. A remote attacker can use a crafted argument to the quoted_printable_encode function. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
PHP
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
dev-lang/php
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2110
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
dev-lang/php - update to 5.5.16