The get_icu_disp_value_src_php function in ext/intl/locale/locale_methods.c in PHP before 5.3.29, 5.4.x before 5.4.30, and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not properly restrict calls to the ICU uresbund.cpp component, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a locale_get_display_name call with a long first argument.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-9912 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 5.8 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Medium |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 6.8 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | Low |
Availability Impact | High |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php70-php | Not affected |
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php56-php | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Will not fix |