VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-21704

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-10-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.29, 7.4.x below 7.4.21 and 8.0.x below 8.0.8, when using Firebird PDO driver extension, a malicious database server could cause crashes in various database functions, such as getAttribute(), execute(), fetch() and others by returning invalid response data that is not parsed correctly by the driver. This can result in crashes, denial of service or potentially memory corruption.

Weakness classification

  • security@php.net: CWE-125
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references