CVE-2002-0717 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

PHP 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with certain arguments in a multipart/form-data form, which generates an error condition that is not properly handled and causes improper memory to be freed.

Published: 2002-07-23

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0709	PHP 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with certain arguments in a multipart/form-data form, which generates an error condition that is not properly handled and causes improper memory to be freed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04263.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734515923277&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734516023281&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9635.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929115

History

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Subscriptions

Php Php

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-07-23T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.916Z

Reserved: 2002-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0717

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-07-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0717

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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