CVE-2017-9228 describes a critical heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Oniguruma 6.2.0, affecting Ruby through 2.4.1 and PHP through 7.1.5. This flaw stems from an uninitialized variable during regular expression compilation, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity over the network. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oniguruma_project:oniguruma:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.1.0, < 7.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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