High severity · published Apr 1, 2020
CVE-2020-7065
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.16 and 7.4.x below 7.4.4, while using mb_strtolower() function with UTF-32LE encoding, certain invalid strings could cause PHP to overwrite…
8.8
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.16 and 7.4.x below 7.4.4, while using mb_strtolower() function with UTF-32LE encoding, certain invalid strings could cause PHP to overwrite stack-allocated buffer. This could lead to memory corruption, crashes and potentially code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
7.3.0 before 7.3.16; 7.4.0 before 7.4.4 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
TE
Tenable.sc · Tenable
before 5.19.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.10; 20.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7065
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79371
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200403-0001/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4330-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4330-2/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4719
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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