VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-8923
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability7.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108