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CVE-2017-8923 (GCVE-0-2017-8923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-12-27 16:02
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Summary
The 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-05-12 00:00
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