CVE-2017-16642

N/A
Published: November 7, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxPHP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 26%

Description

In PHP before 5.6.32, 7.x before 7.0.25, and 7.1.x before 7.1.11, an error in the date extension's timelib_meridian handling of 'front of' and 'back of' directives could be used by attackers able to supply date strings to leak information from the interpreter, related to ext/date/lib/parse_date.c out-of-bounds reads affecting the php_parse_date function. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2017-11145.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

PHP· PHPdrupal
95%
v < 5.6.327.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.257.1.0 ≤ v < 7.1.11
Affected range stops below 5.6.32, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.1.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (13)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75055
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/5c0455bf2c8cd3c25401407f158e820aa3b239e1

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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