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CVE-2022-31627

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

In PHP versions 8.1.x below 8.1.8, when fileinfo functions, such as finfo_buffer, due to incorrect patch applied to the third party code from libmagic, incorrect function may be used to free allocated memory, which may lead to heap corruption.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

PHP — PHP

CWEs

References

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