Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting php package, versions [,5.4.36)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
53.17% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PHP-2335520
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade php to version 5.4.36 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Use-after-free vulnerability in the process_nested_data function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.4.36, 5.5.x before 5.5.20, and 5.6.x before 5.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted unserialize call that leverages improper handling of duplicate keys within the serialized properties of an object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1019.

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