CVE-2021-24025

moderate-risk

Published 2021-03-10

Due to incorrect string size calculations inside the preg_quote function, a large input string passed to the function can trigger an integer overflow leading to a heap overflow. 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.

Do I need to act?

0.47% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Fix available

Upgrade to: 1e8015b71d689f612ecf4995544a200d5c5617a3, 08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Hhvm

Affected Vendors

Facebook

References (4)

Patch https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca

Release Notes https://hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.html

Patch https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44ca

Release Notes https://hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.html

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 13/34 · Low