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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:02

Modified

2025-11-06 13:25

Summary

Potential buffer overflow in php_cli_server_startup_workers

Details

A vulnerability was found in PHP where setting the environment variable PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS to a large value leads to a heap buffer overflow.

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  "summary": "Potential buffer overflow in php_cli_server_startup_workers"
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CVE-2022-4900 (GCVE-0-2022-4900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-02 15:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:46

Title

Potential buffer overflow in php_cli_server_startup_workers

Summary

A vulnerability was found in PHP where setting the environment variable PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS to a large value leads to a heap buffer overflow.

Severity ?

6.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4900	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179880	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2023113…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

n/a

php

Unaffected: 8.0.22

Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat	Red Hat Software Collections	cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_software_collections:3
Fedora	Fedora

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2022-4900 (GCVE-0-2022-4900)

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