Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0717
CVE-2002-0717
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.
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References
5- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929115nvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9635.phpnvd
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