Buffer overflow in PHP
CVE-2013-4113
ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.3.27 does not properly consider parsing depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document that is processed by the xml_parse_into_struct function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.052 (92.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/54071 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1061.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/54165 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/54104 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.php.net/
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2723 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/54163 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugs.php.net/bug.php (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1905-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-4113?
- CVE-2013-4113 is a vulnerability in PHP, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2013-07-13.
- Is CVE-2013-4113 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.