CVE-2014-2208

7.5 · HIGH

Published Dec 28, 2014 facebook CWE-94 EPSS 2.68% (85th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Overview

CVE-2014-2208 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting facebook hiphop_virtual_machine. It was published on December 28, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the LightProcess protocol implementation in hphp/util/light-process.cpp in Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by entering a \n (newline) character before the end of a string.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from facebook. Update hiphop_virtual_machine to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
facebook	hiphop_virtual_machine	0	Affected

References

GitHub github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/506a44194a9016406c752ad8e010c01aeffc18cc GitHub github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/506a44194a9016406c752ad8e010c01aeffc18cc

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-2208?

CVE-2014-2208 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting facebook hiphop_virtual_machine. It was published on December 28, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-2208?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-2208?

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