CVE-2017-8923

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8923
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-12 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a script's use of .= with a long string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
PHP :: Bug #74577 :: Memory corruption in zend_string_extend af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
PHP 'zend_string_extend()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198686 Ubuntu Security Notification for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5300-2)
  • 198690 Ubuntu Security Notification for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) Vulnerabilities (USN-5300-3)
  • 672181 EulerOS Security Update for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) (EulerOS-SA-2022-2477)
  • 751733 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php74 (SUSE-SU-2022:0530-1)
  • 751763 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php72 (SUSE-SU-2022:0577-1)
  • 751772 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php7 (SUSE-SU-2022:0679-1)
  • 751779 OpenSUSE Security Update for php7 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0679-1)
  • 751825 OpenSUSE Security Update for php7 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0699-1)
  • 751826 OpenSUSE Security Update for nodejs8 (openSUSE-SU-22022:20000-2)
  • 751828 OpenSUSE Security Update for php7 (openSUSE-SU-22022:20000-2)
  • 752878 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php7 (SUSE-SU-2022:4067-1)
  • 752898 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php7 (SUSE-SU-2022:4069-1)
  • 752901 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php74 (SUSE-SU-2022:4068-1)
  • 753413 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php7 (SUSE-SU-2022:0699-1)
  • 902524 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) (10142)
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