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CVE-2022-4900 (GCVE-0-2022-4900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-02 15:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:46
VLAI
Title
Potential buffer overflow in php_cli_server_startup_workers
Summary
A vulnerability was found in PHP where setting the environment variable PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS to a large value leads to a heap buffer overflow.
CWE
  • CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Impacted products
Date Public
2022-07-13 00:00
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