CVE-2014-9912
php: stack buffer overflow in locale_get_display_name
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 8, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The get_icu_disp_value_src_php function in ext/intl/locale/locale_methods.c in PHP before 5.3.29, 5.4.x before 5.4.30, and 5.5.x before 5.5.14 does not properly restrict calls to the ICU uresbund.cpp component, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a locale_get_display_name call with a long first argument.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow