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This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01384,"percentile":0.72388,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"published":"2021-03-10T15:50:28Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:45:13Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"hhvm","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.11.0+dfsg-1","3.11.1+dfsg-1","3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"hhvm","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.21.0+dfsg-2","3.21.0+dfsg-2build1","3.21.0+dfsg-2build2","3.21.0+dfsg-2build3","3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"facebook","product":"hhvm"}],"references":[{"url":"https://hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1917"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gf82-22g8-prc5"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1917","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1917","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-1917","description":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. 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This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","status":"published","published":"2021-03-10T15:50:28Z","modified":"2024-08-04T06:53:59Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:08:11.523019Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-gf82-22g8-prc5","title":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character...","description":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:44:03Z","modified":"2024-04-04T03:04:45Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:56:13.24073Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2020-1917","description":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","status":"published","published":"2021-03-10T16:15:14.313Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:02:36.68Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-122","CWE-787"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:06:37.687844Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2020-1917","description":"xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. 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This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.","status":"published","published":"2021-03-10T16:15:00Z","modified":"2026-04-22T12:32:12.210286Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:23.344108Z"}]}}