# CVE-2014-8626: Stack-based buffer overflow in the date\_from\_ISO8601 function in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in PHP before 5.2.7 allows remote attackers t

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in PHP before 5.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by including a timezone field in a date, leading to improper XML-RPC encoding.

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1824.html
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45226
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1825.html
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c818d0d01341907fee82bdb81cab07b7d93bb9db
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155607
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70928
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/3

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