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CVE-2022-4900

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4900 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in PHP, affecting various PHP and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. It occurs when the PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS environment variable is set to an excessively large value. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.0.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:8.0-8070020230118114629.ef331662
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: php:7.4/php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: php:8.1/php
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php73-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-4900Low

php: potential buffer overflow in php_cli_server_startup_workers

Jul 13, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00011.html
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2022-4900
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20231130-0008
Third Party Advisory