CVE-2017-16642

7.5 HIGH
Published: November 07, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

In PHP before 5.6.32, 7.x before 7.0.25, and 7.1.x before 7.1.11, an error in the date extension's timelib_meridian handling of 'front of' and 'back of' directives could be used by attackers able to supply date strings to leak information from the interpreter, related to ext/date/lib/parse_date.c out-of-bounds reads affecting the php_parse_date function. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2017-11145.

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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:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75055
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/derickr/timelib/commit/aa9156006e88565e1f1a5f7cc088b18322d57536
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5c0455bf2c8cd3c25401407f158e820aa3b239e1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181123-0001/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43133/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75055
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/derickr/timelib/commit/aa9156006e88565e1f1a5f7cc088b18322d57536
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5c0455bf2c8cd3c25401407f158e820aa3b239e1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181123-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43133/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
26.4%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

php netapp canonical debian

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