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TI-2014-03869 Aliases CVE-2014-4698GHSA-vvh4-mv48-cj6h

Use-after-free vulnerability in ext/spl/spl_array.c in the SPL component in PHP through…

Priority LOW 22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 22 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in ext/spl/spl_array.c in the SPL component in PHP through 5.5.14 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted ArrayIterator usage within applications in certain web-hosting environments.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00681 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 22 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.4.0 to before 5.4.32; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.15VulnerablePHP
  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.0 to before 5.4.32; 5.5.0 to before 5.5.15 Vulnerable ·PHP

Remediation

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:1765 Released 2014-10-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    php54-php security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el6 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el7, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el7, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el7 +20
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el6 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el6 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el6 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el6, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el6 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php54-php-5.4.16-22.el7, php54-php-bcmath-5.4.16-22.el7, php54-php-cli-5.4.16-22.el7 +20
  • RHSA-2014:1766 Released 2014-10-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    php55-php security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el6 +24
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el7 +22
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el6 +24
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el6 +24
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el6 +24
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el6, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el6 +24
    • Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php55-php-5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-bcmath-5.5.6-13.el7, php55-php-cli-5.5.6-13.el7 +22
  • RHSA-2014:1327 Released 2014-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    php security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) php-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-bcmath-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-cli-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +22
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) php-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-bcmath-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-cli-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +22
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) php-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-cli-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-common-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) php-bcmath-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-dba-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-devel-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) php-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-cli-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-common-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +11
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) php-bcmath-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-dba-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1, php-devel-5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 +8
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2014:1326 Released 2014-09-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    php53 and php security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php53-5.3.3-24.el5, php53-5.3.3-24.el5.i386, php53-5.3.3-24.el5.ia64 +47
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +24
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php53-5.3.3-24.el5, php53-5.3.3-24.el5.i386, php53-bcmath-5.3.3-24.el5 +39
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +22
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-cli-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-common-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) php-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-bcmath-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2, php-dba-5.3.3-27.el6_5.2 +13

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Enterprise 1AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1326
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1327
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.4)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1765, RHSA-2014:1766
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-4698
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvh4-mv48-cj6h

References

Advisory 11

  • TI-2024-04260 Argument Injection in PHP-CGI KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-78794 PHP remote code execution via stale global state KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2026-78793 Out-of-memory handling flaw in PHP allows remote code execution KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2015-00205 Heap-based buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots function in glibc 2.2, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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