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CVE-2014-3622 (GCVE-0-2014-3622)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-19 12:46 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:50
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the add_post_var function in the Posthandler component in PHP 5.6.x before 5.6.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a third-party filter extension that accesses a certain ksep value.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Other
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PHP PHP Affected: 5.6.x before 5.6.1
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Date Public
2014-10-02 00:00
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