#VU16903 NULL pointer dereference in PHP - CVE-2018-19396,CVE-2018-19395
Published: January 10, 2019 / Updated: January 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16903
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19396,CVE-2018-19395
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group
PHP Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to `serialize` will try to get all properties of the class by `zend_get_properties_for` when trying to `serialize` a class. A remote attacker can make `com` and `com_safearray_proxy` return NULL in `com_properties_get` so it will crash on `zend_array_count` and cause serializing or unserializing COM objects to crash.
The weakness exists due to `serialize` will try to get all properties of the class by `zend_get_properties_for` when trying to `serialize` a class. A remote attacker can make `com` and `com_safearray_proxy` return NULL in `com_properties_get` so it will crash on `zend_array_count` and cause serializing or unserializing COM objects to crash.
Remediation
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 7.2.14, 7.3.1.