The zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a script's use of .= with a long string.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03922}

epss

{'score': 0.05339}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05271}

epss

{'score': 0.03922}


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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

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References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-12T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-12-27T16:02:56.664Z

Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-12T20:29:00.500

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8923

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8923 - Bugzilla