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CVE-2017-16642

HIGH 7.5 CVSS 3.0
Published
November 7, 2017
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
cve@mitre.org
Weakness
CWE-125
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

In PHP before 5.6.32, 7.x before 7.0.25, and 7.1.x before 7.1.11, an error in the date extension's timelib_meridian handling of 'front of' and 'back of' directives could be used by attackers able to supply date strings to leak information from the interpreter, related to ext/date/lib/parse_date.c out-of-bounds reads affecting the php_parse_date function. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2017-11145.

Affected products and versions

  • PHP — Before 5.6.32
  • PHP — From 7.0.0 (including) to 7.0.25 (excluding)
  • PHP — From 7.1.0 (including) to 7.1.11 (excluding)

References

  • php.net http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • php.net http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
  • www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296 Third Party Advisory
  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75055 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/derickr/timelib/commit/aa9156006e88565e1f1a5f7cc088b18322d57536 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5c0455bf2c8cd3c25401407f158e820aa3b239e1 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181123-0001/ Third Party Advisory
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/ Third Party Advisory
  • www.debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080 Third Party Advisory
  • www.debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081 Third Party Advisory
  • www.exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43133/ Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record