CVE-2019-9024 Memory corruption in n/a
A hostile XMLRPC server can trigger out-of-bounds memory reads in PHP's base64 decoder, potentially causing crashes or leaking sensitive memory contents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-9024?
CVE-2019-9024 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1. xmlrpc_decode() can allow a hostile XMLRPC server to cause PHP to read memory outside of allocated areas in base64_decode_xmlrpc in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/base64.c.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9024?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Netapp Storage Automation Store, Opensuse Leap, Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2019-9024?
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-2019-9024 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9024 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v89c-qc56-rr3m, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9024.