CVE-2002-0717

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PHP 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with certain arguments in a multipart/form-data form, which generates an error condition that is not properly handled and causes improper memory to be freed.

Affected products

PHP: 4.2.0, 4.2.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734515923277&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734516023281&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9635.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929115
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734515923277&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734516023281&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9635.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929115

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