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CVE-2017-11142

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11142 is a CPU consumption denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions before 5.6.31, 7.0.17, and 7.1.3. Remote attackers can exploit this by injecting long form variables, leading to resource exhaustion. It carries a CVSSv3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.6.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0825 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11142Low

php: Denial-of-Service via injecting long form variables

Dec 23, 2016

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/07/10/6
Mailing List
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-7.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
github.com / php/php-src/commit/0f8cf3b8497dc45c010c44ed9e96518e11e19fc3
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / php/php-src/commit/a15bffd105ac28fd0dd9b596632dbf035238fda3
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180112-0001
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4081
tenable.com / security/tns-2017-12
securityfocus.com / bid/99601