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CVE-2017-9229

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A SIGSEGV occurs in left_adjust_char_head() during regular expression compilation. Invalid handling of reg->dmax in forward_search_range() could result in an invalid pointer dereference, normally as an immediate denial-of-service condition.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
24 May 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
14 Oct 2026
Fixed in
5.6.31, 7.0.21, 7.1.7
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
PHPServers and applications · cpe:a:php:php
  • Every version up to 7.1.5
  • From 5.6.0 before 5.6.31
  • From 7.0.0 before 7.0.21
  • From 7.1.0 before 7.1.7
RubyServers and applications · cpe:a:ruby-lang:ruby
  • Every version up to 2.4.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9229
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9229