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FKIE_CVE-2021-21708

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-02-27 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In PHP versions 7.4.x below 7.4.28, 8.0.x below 8.0.16, and 8.1.x below 8.1.3, when using filter functions with FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter and min/max limits, if the filter fails, there is a possibility to trigger use of allocated memory after free, which can result it crashes, and potentially in overwrite of other memory chunks and RCE. This issue affects: code that uses FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT with min/max limits.
References
security@php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81708Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@php.nethttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-20Third Party Advisory
security@php.nethttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0004/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=81708Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-20Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0004/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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