Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the date_from_ISO8601 function in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/xmlrpc.c in PHP before 5.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by including a timezone field in a date, leading to improper XML-RPC encoding.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | php +18 | 5.1.6-45.el5_11 | RHSA-2014:1824 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 4 ELS | php +13 | 4.3.9-3.38.el4 | RHSA-2014:1825 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2014:1824 Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2014:1825 Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
References
- RHSA-2014:1824 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45226
- RHSA-2014:1825 vendor-advisory
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c818d0d01341907fee82bdb81cab07b7d93bb9db
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155607
- 70928 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20141106 Re: CVE request: PHP xmlrpc date_from_ISO8601() buffer overflow (in php < 5.2.7) mailing-list