#VU11344 Null pointer dereference in PHP

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11344

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
PHP
Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages

Vendor: PHP Group

Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error when image resource created by imagecreate function which is not truecolor will treat as truecolor in gdImageSetAAPixelColor function when antialias option is on even 'im->tpixels' is null. A remote attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation
Update to version 7.2.4.

Vulnerable software versions

PHP: 7.2.0 - 7.2.3

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External links
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76041

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.