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CVE-2019-11049

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11049 is a critical double-free vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.13 and 7.4.0 on Windows, specifically when custom, lowercase headers are supplied to the mail() function. This flaw, introduced by a specific commit, can lead to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact, low-complexity attack vector (AV:N/AC:L) allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, <= 7.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0437 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11049Moderate

php: double free when supplying custom headers to mail function

Dec 10, 2019

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N7GCOAE6KVHYJ3UQ4KLPLTGSLX6IRVRN
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWRQPYXVG43Q7DXMXH6UVWMKWGUW552F
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Feb/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200103-0002
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4626
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2021-14
Third Party Advisory