CVE-2017-9228
Description
An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A heap out-of-bounds write occurs in bitset_set_range() during regular expression compilation due to an uninitialized variable from an incorrect state transition. An incorrect state transition in parse_char_class() could create an execution path that leaves a critical local variable uninitialized until it's used as an index, resulting in an out-of-bounds write memory corruption.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
PHP Group
oss-projectaka pear, php
K. Kosako
oss-projectaka oniguruma, oniguruma project
Ruby Team
oss-projectaka ruby-lang
oniguruma project
oss-projectaka oniguruma regex library
php
oss-project·USaka pecl, php language, pear
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
Products CVE Techniques Tactics
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2 techniques Initial Access
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References
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/3b63d12038c8d8fc278e81c942fa9bec7c704c8b
github.com
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/60
github.com
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/3b63d12038c8d8fc278e81c942fa9bec7c704c8b
github.com
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