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CVE-2014-9705

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9705 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the enchant_broker_request_dict function within PHP versions prior to 5.4.38, 5.5.22, and 5.6.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating dictionary creation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level despite its high FAUCET Risk Score.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.4.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1920 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-46.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-36.el7_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9705Moderate

php: heap buffer overflow in enchant_broker_request_dict()

Dec 5, 2014

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
marc.info
marc.info
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/6
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Exploit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-10
support.apple.com / HT205267
svn.php.net / viewvc/pecl/enchant/trunk/enchant.c
htbridge.com / advisory/HTB23252
Exploit
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3195
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
securityfocus.com / bid/73031
securitytracker.com / id/1031948
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2535-1