CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-11144

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In PHP versions before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.21, and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, the PEM sealing code in the openssl extension did not check the return value of the OpenSSL sealing function, which could lead to a crash of the PHP interpreter.

Risk Assessment

Crashes of the PHP interpreter may lead to application downtime, affecting the availability of services within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update PHP to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and ensure application stability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.21, and 7.1.x before 7.1.7, the openssl extension PEM sealing code did not check the return value of the OpenSSL sealing function, which could lead to a crash of the PHP interpreter, related to an interpretation conflict for a negative number in ext/openssl/openssl.c, and an OpenSSL documentation omission.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS