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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7060

When using certain mbstring functions to convert multibyte encodings, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.27, 7.3.x below 7.3.14 and 7.4.x below 7.4.2 it is possible to supply data that will cause function mbfl_filt_conv_big5_wchar to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7060

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Feb 2020, 08:15 UTC

When using certain mbstring functions to convert multibyte encodings, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.27, 7.3.x below 7.3.14 and 7.4.x below 7.4.2 it is possible to supply data that will cause function mbfl_filt_conv_big5_wchar to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.

osv:CVE-2020-7060
Complete source record
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    "summary": "When using certain mbstring functions to convert multibyte encodings, in PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.27, 7.3.x below 7.3.14 and 7.4.x below 7.4.2 it is possible to supply data that will cause function mbfl_filt_conv_big5_wchar to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.",
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        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57",
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        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79037",
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}