Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-1917
CVE-2020-1917
Description
xbuf_format_converter, used as part of exif_read_data, was appending a terminating null character to the generated string, but was not using its standard append char function. As a result, if the buffer was full, it would result in an out-of-bounds write. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 4.56.3, all versions between 4.57.0 and 4.80.1, all versions between 4.81.0 and 4.93.1, and versions 4.94.0, 4.95.0, 4.96.0, 4.97.0, 4.98.0.
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References
2- github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/08193b7f0cd3910256e00d599f0f3eb2519c44camitrex_refsource_MISC
- hhvm.com/blog/2021/02/25/security-update.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
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