# CVE-2020-7060: global buffer-overflow in mbfl\_filt\_conv\_big5\_wchar

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.27, 7.3.14, 7.4.2
- Published: 2020-02-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- PHP Group PHP: from 7.2.x, fixed in 7.2.27; from 7.3.x, fixed in 7.3.14; from 7.4.x, fixed in 7.4.2

## Description

When using certain mbstring functions to convert multibyte encodings, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.27, 7.3.x below 7.3.14 and 7.4.x below 7.4.2 it is possible to supply data that will cause function mbfl_filt_conv_big5_wchar to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.27, 7.3.14, 7.4.2) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/27
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4626
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4279-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4628
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/31
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00023.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0002/
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79037
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2021/Jan/3
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14

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