CVE-2017-12932

Publication date 18 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP 7.0.x through 7.0.22 and 7.1.x through 7.1.8 is prone to a heap use after free while unserializing untrusted data, related to improper use of the hash API for key deletion in a situation with an invalid array size. Exploitation of this issue can have an unspecified impact on the integrity of PHP.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
php7.0	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7.0.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
php7.1	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php7.0	Upstream: 1a23ebc

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H