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CVE-2014-8142

Published: 20 December 2014

Use-after-free vulnerability in the process_nested_data function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.4.36, 5.5.x before 5.5.20, and 5.6.x before 5.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted unserialize call that leverages improper handling of duplicate keys within the serialized properties of an object, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1019.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
unserialize shouldn't be run on untrusted input
Patch was incomplete, leading to CVE-2015-0231

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
php5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(5.3.2-1ubuntu4.28)
precise
Released (5.3.10-1ubuntu3.16)
trusty
Released (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6)
upstream Needs triage

utopic
Released (5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=630f9c33c23639de85c3fd306b209b538b73b4c9