High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16642
CVE-2017-16642
Description
In PHP before 5.6.32, 7.x before 7.0.25, and 7.1.x before 7.1.11, an error in the date extension's timelib_meridian handling of 'front of' and 'back of' directives could be used by attackers able to supply date strings to leak information from the interpreter, related to ext/date/lib/parse_date.c out-of-bounds reads affecting the php_parse_date function. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2017-11145.
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Affected products
16- cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_automation_store:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords9 versionspkg:rpm/suse/php53&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/php53&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/php53&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/php5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/php5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/php5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 5.3.17-112.10.1+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.17-112.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.17-112.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.3.17-112.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.5.14-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.5.14-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.5.14-109.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-50.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-50.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-50.23.1
Patches
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References
13- github.com/derickr/timelib/commit/aa9156006e88565e1f1a5f7cc088b18322d57536nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/php/php-src/commit/5c0455bf2c8cd3c25401407f158e820aa3b239e1nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43133/nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvdIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpnvdIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101745nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181123-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3566-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4080nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4081nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519nvd
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