CVE-2014-3668 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash PHP applications via crafted XMLRPC inputs due to a buffer overflow in the date parsing function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3668?
CVE-2014-3668 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 29 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted first argument to the xmlrpc_set_type function or (2) a crafted argument to the xmlrpc_decode function, related to an out-of-bounds read operation.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3668?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3668?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-3668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xv3f-rvh8-r59c, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3668.