CVE-2010-4645
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 11 Jan 2011, 01:00
Last modified:13 Feb 2025, 16:27
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100 CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
20.98% HIGH
21% probability +1.55%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
4 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
11 Jan 2011, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
13 Feb 2025, 16:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
strtod.c, as used in the zend_strtod function in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 5.3 before 5.3.5, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain floating-point value in scientific notation, which is not properly handled in x87 FPU registers, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072011e-308.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 20.98%• Percentile: 96%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-189•Numeric Errors
Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.
Affected Systems
- Unknown•PHP
5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.2 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.5 | 5.2.6 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.2.9 | 5.2.10 | 5.2.11 | 5.2.12 | 5.2.13 | 5.2.14 | 5.2.15 | 5.2.16 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.2 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.4
References (28)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45668
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0196.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053355.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/8
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html
- http://bugs.php.net/53632
- http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/28/14/29/PDF/floating-point-article.pdf
- http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0198
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.484686
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0066
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053333.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42843
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0060
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64470
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43051
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/2
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_strtod.c?r1=266327&r2=307095&pathrev=307095
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/14/3