Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php-mbstring package, versions <0:7.3.20-1.module+el8.2.0+7373+b272fdef


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PHPMBSTRING-1947887
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Nov 2019

Introduced: 6 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19203  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 php-mbstring to version 0:7.3.20-1.module+el8.2.0+7373+b272fdef or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-mbstring package and not the php-mbstring package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.x before 6.9.4_rc2. In the function gb18030_mbc_enc_len in file gb18030.c, a UChar pointer is dereferenced without checking if it passed the end of the matched string. This leads to a heap-based buffer over-read.

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