CVE-2012-0781: php Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-0781 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 10.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 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 2Timeline
- 18-01-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The tidy_diagnose function in PHP 5.3.8 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that attempts to perform Tidy::diagnose operations on invalid objects, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4153.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 10.39% 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
3 foundExploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (cxsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
PHP 5.3.8 - Multiple Vulnerabilities
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Php1 product
- phpEOL5.3.8
1 vendor · 1 product