CVE-2002-0717

critical

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.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929115

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9635.php

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734516023281&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102734515923277&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-07-26

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05678