CVE-2010-1917: Medium severity PHP PHP vulnerability

Published May 12, 2010

Updated

Stack consumption vulnerability in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PHP crash) via a crafted first argument to the fnmatch function, as demonstrated using a long string.

Affected Software

16 affected components

PHP PHP=5.2.9

PHP PHP=5.2.2

PHP PHP=5.2.5

PHP PHP=5.2.12

PHP PHP=5.2.11

PHP PHP=5.2.6

PHP PHP=5.2.3

PHP PHP=5.2.13

PHP PHP=5.2.0

PHP PHP=5.2.4

PHP PHP=5.2.10

PHP PHP=5.2.1

PHP PHP=5.2.8

PHP PHP=5.3.1

PHP PHP=5.3.0

PHP PHP=5.3.2

Event History

May 12, 2010

CVE Published

via MITRE·12:00 AM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·12:00 AM

Description

Data Sourced

via NVD·11:46 AM

DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1917?

CVE-2010-1917 has a severity rating that allows it to cause denial of service due to stack consumption, resulting in a PHP crash.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1917?

To fix CVE-2010-1917, upgrade PHP to version 5.3.3 or later, as these versions are not affected by the vulnerability.

What software versions are affected by CVE-2010-1917?

CVE-2010-1917 affects PHP versions 5.2.0 through 5.2.13 and 5.3.0 through 5.3.2.

How does CVE-2010-1917 impact web applications?

CVE-2010-1917 can allow malicious users to crash web applications utilizing vulnerable PHP versions through crafted input.

What is the exploit type of CVE-2010-1917?

CVE-2010-1917 is a stack consumption vulnerability that allows attackers to leverage a denial of service scenario.