# CVE-2020-1900: When unserializing an object with dynamic properties HHVM needs to pre-reserve the full size of the dynamic property array before inserting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.32.3
- Published: 2021-03-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Facebook HHVM: from 4.58.0; from 4.33.0; fixed in 4.32.3

## Description

When unserializing an object with dynamic properties HHVM needs to pre-reserve the full size of the dynamic property array before inserting anything into it. Otherwise the array might resize, invalidating previously stored references. This pre-reservation was not occurring in HHVM prior to v4.32.3, between versions 4.33.0 and 4.56.0, 4.57.0, 4.58.0, 4.58.1, 4.59.0, 4.60.0, 4.61.0, 4.62.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook HHVM, upgrade to a fixed version (4.32.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://hhvm.com/blog/2020/06/30/security-update.html
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/c1c4bb0cf9e076aafaf4ff3515556ef9faf906f3

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