CVE-2017-11362 is a critical vulnerability affecting PHP versions 7.x before 7.0.21 and 7.1.x before 7.1.7. It stems from a lack of locale length restriction in the msgformat_parse.c component, allowing a remote attacker to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and application crash via a long argument to the msgfmt_parse_message function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability presents a high risk of denial of service and potentially other impacts, requiring no user interaction or complex attack methods. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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