CVE-2017-9224

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: May 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A stack out-of-bounds read occurs in match_at() during regular expression searching. A logical error involving order of validation and access in match_at() could result in an out-of-bounds read from a stack buffer.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101244
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://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/57
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101244
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://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/690313a061f7a4fa614ec5cc8368b4f2284e059b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/57
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
6.5%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

php oniguruma_project