# CVE-2014-3668: Buffer overflow in the date\_from\_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-10-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted first argument to the xmlrpc_set_type function or (2) a crafted argument to the xmlrpc_decode function, related to an out-of-bounds read operation.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/59967
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00034.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=88412772d295ebf7dd34409534507dc9bcac726e
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1767.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2391-1
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00024.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61763
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68027
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1767.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3064
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1768.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70666
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61970
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154503
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1768.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60630

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