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CVE-2014-4698

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4698 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the SPL component of PHP versions through 5.5.14, specifically within ext/spl/spl_array.c. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through crafted ArrayIterator usage, particularly in certain web-hosting environments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, with local access and low attack complexity required for exploitation, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-24.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-27.el6_5.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.16-22.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.6-13.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-4698Low

php: ArrayIterator use-after-free due to object change during sorting

Jun 29, 2014

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00035.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00046.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1326.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54553
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/59831
Broken Link
support.apple.com / HT204659
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
Third Party Advisory