CVE-2013-6712

medium

Published 2013-11-28 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The scan function in ext/date/lib/parse_iso_intervals.c in PHP through 5.5.6 does not properly restrict creation of DateInterval objects, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted interval specification.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

macOS Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.1	Affected	—
12.3	Affected	—
12.2	Affected	—
11.4	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.10	Affected	—
13.04	Affected	—
12.10	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
php	php	`{"endExcluding":"5.3.29"}`	`5.3.29`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.