# CVE-2019-3561: Insufficient boundary checks for the strrpos and strripos functions allow access to out-of-bounds memory.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.27.8
- Published: 2019-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Facebook HHVM: from 4.0.0; from 3.30.0; fixed in 3.27.8

## Description

Insufficient boundary checks for the strrpos and strripos functions allow access to out-of-bounds memory. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (4.0.3, 3.30.4, and 3.27.7 and below).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook HHVM, upgrade to a fixed version (3.27.8) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/46003b4ab564b2abcd8470035fc324fe36aa8c75
- https://hhvm.com/blog/2019/04/03/hhvm-4.0.4.html

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