The zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a script's use of .= with a long string.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-12T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.984Z

Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-05-12T20:29:00.500

Modified: 2022-07-20T16:32:35.920

Link: CVE-2017-8923

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8923 - Bugzilla