Heap use-after-free in PHP - CVE-2017-12934

 

Heap use-after-free in PHP - CVE-2017-12934

Published: July 6, 2017 / Updated: July 6, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7350
CSH Severity: Low
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-2017-12934
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists in Core PHP due to heap use-after-free error in unserealize within zval_get_type (). A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.


Affected software

PHP

How to mitigate CVE-2017-12934

Update to version 7.0.21.


External References

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