CVE-2010-4657

PHP5 before 5.4.4 allows passing invalid utf-8 strings via the xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute, which are then misparsed by libxml2. This results in memory leak into the resulting output.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4657	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/php/%2Bbug/655442	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4657	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4657	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-11-13 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2010-4657

Mitre link : CVE-2010-4657

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2010-4657

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

php

php

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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