#VU16908 Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - CVE-2019-9023

 

#VU16908 Heap-based buffer overflow in PHP - CVE-2019-9023

Published: January 10, 2019 / Updated: January 21, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16908
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-2019-9023
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in utf32be_mbc_to_code. A remote attacker can pass unterminated multibyte to the regex match, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 5.6.40, 7.1.26, 7.2.14, 7.3.1.

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