CVE-2014-3668

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted first argument to the xmlrpc_set_type function or (2) a crafted argument to the xmlrpc_decode function, related to an out-of-bounds read operation.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.92% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59967 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00034.html vendor advisory
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88412772d295ebf7dd34409534507dc9bcac726e
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1 vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT204659
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00024.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61982 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61763 third party advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68027 exploit patch vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3064 vendor advisory
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70666 vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61970 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154503
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1768.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60699 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60630 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3668?
CVE-2014-3668 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3668?
To fix CVE-2014-3668, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3668 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-3668 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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