CVE-2014-3668
Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted first argument to the xmlrpc_set_type function or (2) a crafted argument to the xmlrpc_decode function, related to an out-of-bounds read operation.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 27.02% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 27.0% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88412772d295ebf7dd34409534507dc9bcac726e
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00006.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1768.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60630
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61982
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3064
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70666
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68027Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154503
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88412772d295ebf7dd34409534507dc9bcac726e
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00024.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.