CVE-2011-4153

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 18 Jan 2012, 20:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 00:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
6.26% LOW
6% probability -0.22%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jan 2012, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 00:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 6.26%• Percentile: 91%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•PHP

    5.3.8

References (9)