{"id":"CVE-2017-11628","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11628","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:42:23.499Z","title":"In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.21, and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, a stack-based buffer overflow in the zend_ini_do_op() function in Zend/zend_ini_parser.c could cause a denial of service or potentially allow executing code.","description":"In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.21, and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, a stack-based buffer overflow in the zend_ini_do_op() function in Zend/zend_ini_parser.c could cause a denial of service or potentially allow executing code. NOTE: this is only relevant for PHP applications that accept untrusted input (instead of the system's php.ini file) for the parse_ini_string or parse_ini_file function, e.g., a web application for syntax validation of php.ini directives.","published":"2017-07-25T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:02:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["php/php"],"epss":{"score":0.03365,"percentile":0.88669,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.06724,"percentile":0.93724},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.03365,"percentile":0.882}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=05255749139b3686c8a6a58ee01131ac0047465e","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5f8380d33e648964d2d5140f329cf2d4c443033c","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99489","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74603","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-21","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=05255749139b3686c8a6a58ee01131ac0047465e","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5f8380d33e648964d2d5140f329cf2d4c443033c","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99489","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74603","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-21","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11628","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}