CVE-2014-8626 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in PHP's XML-RPC library via crafted date fields, potentially causing crashes or arbitrary code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-8626?

CVE-2014-8626 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 23 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in PHP before 5.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by including a timezone field in a date, leading to improper XML-RPC encoding.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8626?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (30)
php Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-domxml Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-gd Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-imap Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-ldap Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-mbstring Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-mysql Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-ncurses Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-odbc Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-pear Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-pgsql Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-snmp Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-xmlrpc Red Hat:rhel_els:4::asAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-devel Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-domxml Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-gd Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-imap Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-ldap Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-mbstring Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-mysql Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-ncurses Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-odbc Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-pear Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-pgsql Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-snmp Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4
php-xmlrpc Red Hat:rhel_els:4::esAll versions0:4.3.9-3.38.el4

Products include Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8626?

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-2014-8626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mfxw-8c28-qhqc, RHSA-2014:1825.

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