UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7065
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Published: 01 Apr 2020, 04:15
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 12:43
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.4 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
01 Apr 2020, 04:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 12:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.16 and 7.4.x below 7.4.4, while using mb_strtolower() function with UTF-32LE encoding, certain invalid strings could cause PHP to overwrite stack-allocated buffer. This could lead to memory corruption, crashes and potentially code execution.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•php7.4
< 7.4.3-4ubuntu1.1
References (5)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7065
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=69155120e68d2e614d5c300974a1a5610cfa2e8b;hp=e2b5f18896ca4169859c8ca058a9926aad6e3763
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4330-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4330-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7065