PHP < 5.6.32, 7.x < 7.0.24, 7.1.x < 7.1.11 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP 7.1.8 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 15 Nov 201700:00 | – | zdt | |
| CVE-2017-16642 | 7 Nov 201721:29 | – | attackerkb | |
| The vulnerability in the ext/date/lib/parse_date.c component of the PHP interpreter allows a attacker to compromise the confidentiality of information. | 20 Apr 202200:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2017-16642 | 9 Nov 201700:00 | – | circl | |
| PHP heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CNVD-2017-33481) | 11 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| PHP Core timelib_meridian Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2017-16642) | 20 Nov 201700:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2017-16642 | 7 Nov 201721:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-16642 | 7 Nov 201721:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 4080-1] php7.0 security update | 8 Jan 201822:30 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 4081-1] php5 security update | 8 Jan 201822:33 | – | debian |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| php | www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php |
| php | www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php |
| bugs | www.bugs.php.net/bug.php |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:php:php";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812072");
script_version("2025-09-24T05:39:03+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-24 05:39:03 +0000 (Wed, 24 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-11-09 18:44:32 +0530 (Thu, 09 Nov 2017)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-08-19 11:15:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Aug 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16642");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PHP < 5.6.32, 7.x < 7.0.24, 7.1.x < 7.1.11 Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_php_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("php/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PHP is prone to a heap buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an error in the date extension's
'timelib_meridian' handling of 'front of' and 'back of' directives.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue allow attacker to execute
arbitrary code with elevated privileges within the context of a privileged process.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PHP prior to version 5.6.32, 7.x prior to 7.0.25 and 7.1.x
prior to 7.1.11.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 5.6.32, 7.0.25, 7.1.11 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75055");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "5.6.32")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.6.32", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "7.0.0", test_version_up: "7.0.24")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.0.24", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "7.1.0", test_version_up: "7.1.11")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.1.11", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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