CVE-2022-31627 (GCVE-0-2022-31627)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-28 05:50 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:02
VLAI
Title
Heap buffer overflow in finfo_buffer
Summary
In PHP versions 8.1.x below 8.1.8, when fileinfo functions, such as finfo_buffer, due to incorrect patch applied to the third party code from libmagic, incorrect function may be used to free allocated memory, which may lead to heap corruption.
Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-590 - Free of Memory not on the Heap
Assigner
php CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 25 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PHP Group PHP Affected: 8.1.X , < 8.1.8 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-07-05 00:00
Credits
reported by xd4rker at gmail dot com
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