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CVE-2017-11142

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a...

7.5 High

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

8.25%Up 4.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
CVE-2017-11142
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
CVE-2017-11142
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-2777 No score

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
EUVD-2017-2777
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-54gj-pv8c-2qj3 7.5

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a...

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
GHSA-54gj-pv8c-2qj3
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-400
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
CVE-2017-11142
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-11142 7.5

In PHP before 5.6.31, 7.x before 7.0.17, and 7.1.x before 7.1.3, remote attackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injecting long form variables, related to main/php_variables.c.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11142
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2303-1 No score

Security update for php7

This update for php7 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-10397: parse_url() can be bypassed to return fake host. (bsc#1047454)
  • CVE-2017-11142: Remoteattackers could cause a CPU consumption denial of service attack by injectinglong form variables, related to main/php_variables. (bsc#1048100)
  • CVE-2017-11144: The opensslextension PEM sealing code did not check the return value of the OpenSSL sealingfunction, which could lead to a crash. (bsc#1048096)
  • CVE-2017-11145: Lack of bounds checks in timelib_meridian coud lead to information leak. (bsc#1048112)
  • CVE-2017-11146: Lack of bounds checks in timelib_meridian parse code could lead to information leak. (bsc#1048111)
  • CVE-2017-11147: The PHAR archive handler could beused by attackers supplying malicious archive files to crash the PHP interpreteror potentially disclose information. (bsc#1048094)
  • CVE-2017-11628: Stack-base dbuffer overflow in zend_ini_do_op() could lead to denial of service (bsc#1050726)
  • CVE-2017-7890: Buffer over-read from unitialized data in gdImageCreateFromGifCtx function could lead to denial of service (bsc#1050241)
  • CVE-2016-5766: Integer Overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow could lead to denial of service or code execution (bsc#986386)

Other fixes:

  • Soap Request with References (bsc#1053645)
  • php7-pear should explicitly require php7-pear-Archive_Tar otherwise this dependency must be declared in every php7-pear-* package explicitly. [bnc#1052389]
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2303-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php5
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 5.6.33+dfsg-0+deb8u1, plus listed versions
5.6.11+dfsg-15.6.12+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.12+dfsg-15.6.13+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.13+dfsg-1
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5.6.13+dfsg-25.6.14+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.14+dfsg-15.6.15+dfsg-15.6.16+dfsg-15.6.16+dfsg-25.6.16+dfsg-35.6.16+dfsg-45.6.17+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.17+dfsg-15.6.17+dfsg-35.6.18+dfsg-15.6.19+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.19+dfsg-15.6.19+dfsg-25.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.20+dfsg-15.6.21+dfsg-15.6.21+dfsg-25.6.22+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.22+dfsg-15.6.22+dfsg-25.6.23+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.23+dfsg-15.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.24+dfsg-15.6.26+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.26+dfsg-15.6.27+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.28+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.29+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.30+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.7+dfsg-15.6.9+dfsg-0+deb8u15.6.9+dfsg-1
5.6.33+dfsg-0+deb8u1
php7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 7.0.7-50.9.2
7.0.7-50.9.2
php7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 7.0.7-50.9.2
7.0.7-50.9.2
php7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 7.0.7-50.9.2
7.0.7-50.9.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-11142 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Php, published July 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.25%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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