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CVE-2014-3668 json

Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP befor…

published 2014-10-29 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3616

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.0%
EPSS 27.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in the mkgmtime implementation in libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in the XMLRPC extension in PHP before 5.4.34, 5.5.x before 5.5.18, and 5.6.x before 5.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted first argument to the xmlrpc_set_type function or (2) a crafted argument to the xmlrpc_decode function, related to an out-of-bounds read operation.

Patch / fix

  • php5 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3668

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  • php53 RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-gd RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-cli RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-dba RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-pdo RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-xml RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-imap RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11
  • php53-intl RHEL 5 5.3.3-26.el5_11

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1768RHSA-2014:1767RHSA-2014:1766RHSA-2014:1765

  • php53 SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 5.3.17-47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1638-1

  • php7 openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.0.14-1.4
  • php5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.6.28-1.1
  • php8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.11-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3668 updated cvss 4.3

php: xmlrpc ISO8601 date format parsing out-of-bounds read in mkgmtime()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php53 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-gd 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-cli 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-dba 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-pdo 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-xml 5.3.3-26.el5_11, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php53 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-gd 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-cli 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-dba 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-pdo 5.3.3-26.el5_11, php53-xml 5.3.3-26.el5_11, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1768
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-common 5.3.3-40.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-xml 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-xml 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-ldap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-xml 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-ldap 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-zts 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-imap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-intl 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-snmp 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-intl 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-snmp 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-bcmath 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pspell 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +4 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-gd 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-cli 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-pdo 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-xml 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-ldap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-gd 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-cli 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pdo 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-xml 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-ldap 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) php-dba 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-fpm 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-zts 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-imap 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-intl 5.3.3-40.el6_6, php-snmp 5.3.3-40.el6_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) php-dba 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-fpm 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-intl 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-snmp 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-bcmath 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, php-pspell 5.4.16-23.el7_0.3, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1767
  • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el7, +40 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el6, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el6, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el6, +44 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php55-php 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-gd 5.5.6-13.el7, php54-php-gd 5.4.16-22.el7, php55-php-cli 5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-dba 5.5.6-13.el7, +40 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1765
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

27.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.php.net https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68027 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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