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 v4.0: 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-2017-12934
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-12934

Update to version 7.0.21.

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