UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1888

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1888
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1888.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1888
Upstream
Published
2020-03-03T15:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:15:02.607871Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Insufficient boundary checks when decoding JSON in handleBackslash reads out of bounds memory, potentially leading to DOS. This issue affects HHVM 4.45.0, 4.44.0, 4.43.0, 4.42.0, 4.41.0, 4.40.0, 4.39.0, versions between 4.33.0 and 4.38.0 (inclusive), versions between 4.9.0 and 4.32.0 (inclusive), and versions prior to 4.8.7.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / hhvm

Package

Name
hhvm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hhvm@3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.11.0+dfsg-1
3.11.1+dfsg-1
3.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / hhvm

Package

Name
hhvm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hhvm@3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.21.0+dfsg-2
3.21.0+dfsg-2build1
3.21.0+dfsg-2build2
3.21.0+dfsg-2build3
3.21.0+dfsg-2ubuntu2