Null pointer dereference in PHP - CVE-2017-9229
Published: July 6, 2017 / Updated: October 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7349
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9229
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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.
The weakness exists in the mbstring due to an error in handling of reg->dmin in forward_search_range(). A remote attacker can trigger SIGSEGV in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation, cause NULL pointer dereference and the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists in the mbstring due to an error in handling of reg->dmin in forward_search_range(). A remote attacker can trigger SIGSEGV in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation, cause NULL pointer dereference and the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9229
Update to version 7.0.21.