CVE-2012-2688: Critical severity PHP PHP vulnerability

Published Jul 20, 2012
·
Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in the phpstreamscandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "overflow."

Affected Software

122 affected components
PHP PHP<=5.3.14
PHP PHP=1.0
PHP PHP=2.0
PHP PHP=2.0b10
PHP PHP=3.0
PHP PHP=3.0.1
PHP PHP=3.0.2
PHP PHP=3.0.3
PHP PHP=3.0.4
PHP PHP=3.0.5
PHP PHP=3.0.6
PHP PHP=3.0.7
PHP PHP=3.0.8
PHP PHP=3.0.9
PHP PHP=3.0.10
PHP PHP=3.0.11
PHP PHP=3.0.12
PHP PHP=3.0.13
PHP PHP=3.0.14
PHP PHP=3.0.15
PHP PHP=3.0.16
PHP PHP=3.0.17
PHP PHP=3.0.18
PHP PHP=4.0-beta_4_patch1
PHP PHP=4.0-beta1
PHP PHP=4.0-beta2
PHP PHP=4.0-beta3
PHP PHP=4.0-beta4
PHP PHP=4.0.0
PHP PHP=4.0.1
PHP PHP=4.0.2
PHP PHP=4.0.3
PHP PHP=4.0.4
PHP PHP=4.0.5
PHP PHP=4.0.6
PHP PHP=4.0.7
PHP PHP=4.1.0
PHP PHP=4.1.1
PHP PHP=4.1.2
PHP PHP=4.2.0
PHP PHP=4.2.1
PHP PHP=4.2.2
PHP PHP=4.2.3
PHP PHP=4.3.0
PHP PHP=4.3.1
PHP PHP=4.3.2
PHP PHP=4.3.3
PHP PHP=4.3.4
PHP PHP=4.3.5
PHP PHP=4.3.6
PHP PHP=4.3.7
PHP PHP=4.3.8
PHP PHP=4.3.9
PHP PHP=4.3.10
PHP PHP=4.3.11
PHP PHP=4.4.0
PHP PHP=4.4.1
PHP PHP=4.4.2
PHP PHP=4.4.3
PHP PHP=4.4.4
PHP PHP=4.4.5
PHP PHP=4.4.6
PHP PHP=4.4.7
PHP PHP=4.4.8
PHP PHP=4.4.9
PHP PHP=5.0.0
PHP PHP=5.0.0-beta1
PHP PHP=5.0.0-beta2
PHP PHP=5.0.0-beta3
PHP PHP=5.0.0-beta4
PHP PHP=5.0.0-rc1
PHP PHP=5.0.0-rc2
PHP PHP=5.0.0-rc3
PHP PHP=5.0.1
PHP PHP=5.0.2
PHP PHP=5.0.3
PHP PHP=5.0.4
PHP PHP=5.0.5
PHP PHP=5.1.0
PHP PHP=5.1.1
PHP PHP=5.1.2
PHP PHP=5.1.3
PHP PHP=5.1.4
PHP PHP=5.1.5
PHP PHP=5.1.6
PHP PHP=5.2.0
PHP PHP=5.2.1
PHP PHP=5.2.2
PHP PHP=5.2.3
PHP PHP=5.2.4
PHP PHP=5.2.5
PHP PHP=5.2.6
PHP PHP=5.2.7
PHP PHP=5.2.8
PHP PHP=5.2.9
PHP PHP=5.2.10
PHP PHP=5.2.11
PHP PHP=5.2.12
PHP PHP=5.2.13
PHP PHP=5.2.14
PHP PHP=5.2.15
PHP PHP=5.2.16
PHP PHP=5.2.17
PHP PHP=5.3.0
PHP PHP=5.3.1
PHP PHP=5.3.2
PHP PHP=5.3.3
PHP PHP=5.3.4
PHP PHP=5.3.5
PHP PHP=5.3.6
PHP PHP=5.3.7
PHP PHP=5.3.8
PHP PHP=5.3.9
PHP PHP=5.3.10
PHP PHP=5.3.11
PHP PHP=5.3.12
PHP PHP=5.3.13
PHP PHP=5.4.0
PHP PHP=5.4.1
PHP PHP=5.4.2
PHP PHP=5.4.3
PHP PHP=5.4.4

Event History

Jul 20, 2012
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2688?

CVE-2012-2688 has an unknown impact and severity due to insufficient information regarding its effect.

2

How do I fix CVE-2012-2688?

To fix CVE-2012-2688, update PHP to versions 5.3.15 or later and 5.4.5 or later.

3

What versions of PHP are affected by CVE-2012-2688?

CVE-2012-2688 affects PHP versions prior to 5.3.15 and 5.4.x versions before 5.4.5.

4

Can CVE-2012-2688 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2012-2688 involves remote attack vectors, indicating that it may be exploitable from remote systems.

5

What function in PHP is related to CVE-2012-2688?

CVE-2012-2688 is related to the _php_stream_scandir function in PHP.

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