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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-9021

A heap-based buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions in the PHAR extension may allow an attacker to read allocated or unallocated memory past the actual data when trying to parse the file name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20783.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1. A heap-based buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions in the PHAR extension may allow an attacker to read allocated or unallocated memory past the actual data when trying to parse the file name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20783. This is related to phar_detect_phar_fname_ext in ext/phar/phar.c.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.06% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
php/php · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · netapp/storage automation store · opensuse/leap
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.