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CVE-2019-11049
mail() may release string with refcount==1 twice
Medium6.5EPSS 4.2%
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- php
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.13 and 7.4.0 on Windows, when supplying custom headers to mail() function, due to mistake introduced in commit 78f4b4a2dcf92ddbccea1bb95f8390a18ac3342e, if the header is supplied in lowercase, this can result in double-freeing certain memory locations.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
References (7)
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78943 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-437d94e271 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-a54a622670 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20200218 [SECURITY] [DSA 4626-1] php7.3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4626 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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