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CVE-2014-3597

Multiple buffer overflows in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 allow remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS record, related to the dns_get_record function and the dn_expand function. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0557 (5.6%)
Percentile: 90.3%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

php:php

Technical description

Multiple buffer overflows in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 allow remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS record, related to the dns_get_record function and the dn_expand function. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4049.

Published: 8/23/2014, 1:55:02 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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