CVE-2011-1657: php Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2011-1657 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 5.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 25-08-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The (1) ZipArchive::addGlob and (2) ZipArchive::addPattern functions in ext/zip/php_zip.c in PHP 5.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain flags arguments, as demonstrated by (a) GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and (b) GLOB_APPEND.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.15% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugs.php.net)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityreason.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Php1 product
- phpEOL5.3.6
1 vendor · 1 product
References
14 links- support.apple.com/kb/HT5130X Refsource CONFIRM