High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6441
CVE-2017-6441
Description
The _zval_get_long_func_ex in Zend/zend_operators.c in PHP 7.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted use of "declare(ticks=" in a PHP script. NOTE: the vendor disputes the classification of this as a vulnerability, stating "Please do not request CVEs for ordinary bugs. CVEs are relevant for security issues only.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012pkg:rpm/suse/php7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 7.0.7-49.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-49.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.7-49.1
Patches
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References
2- github.com/php/php-src/pull/2396nvdPatch
- bugs.php.net/bug.phpnvdIssue Tracking
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