CVE-2017-11362

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: July 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
View on NVD

Description

In PHP 7.x before 7.0.21 and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, ext/intl/msgformat/msgformat_parse.c does not restrict the locale length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact within International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ via a long first argument to the msgfmt_parse_message function.

AI Explanation

Get an AI-powered plain-language explanation of this vulnerability and remediation steps.

Login to generate AI explanation

CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73473
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-2/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73473
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-21
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-2/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

php