Critical
Security advisory
When using fgetss() function to read data with stripping tags, 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 this function to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-7059
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When using fgetss() function to read data with stripping tags, 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 this function to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.
osv:CVE-2020-7059
Complete source record
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"id": "41155158c7f6e282235e956918529dc4be886ed3915c963022a87f2fa8c9b28c",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7059",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2020-7059",
"summary": "When using fgetss() function to read data with stripping tags, 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 this function to read past the allocated buffer. This may lead to information disclosure or crash.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7059",
"products": [],
"severity": "critical",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2020-7059",
"aliases": [
"BIT-libphp-2020-7059",
"BIT-php-2020-7059",
"BIT-php-min-2020-7059",
"CVE-2020-7059"
],
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"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.677950640Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00030.html",
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/27",
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/31",
"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2021/Jan/3",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-57",
"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0002/",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4626",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4628",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html",
"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4279-1/",
"https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-14",
"https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79099"
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{
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{
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{
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 435947,
"published_at": "2020-02-10T08:15:12.673+00:00"
}