CVE-2021-21703
CWE-284 — Improper Access ControlCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Buffer Overflow15 documents10 sources
Severity
7.0HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 25
Latest updateMay 2
Description
In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child processes to access memory shared with the main process and write to it, modifying it in a way that would cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes, which can be used to escalate privileges from local unprivileged user to…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.1 | Impact: 6.0
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0, Fedora 33, 34, 35
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2025-04-24
📋Vendor Advisories
5Debian▶
CVE-2021-21703: php7.4 - In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x b...↗2021