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CVE-2010-1917 json

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 ser…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1936

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.31
  • php RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.31
  • php-gd RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3
  • php-cli RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3
  • php-dba RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3
  • php-pdo RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3
  • php-xml RHEL 5 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0919

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1917 updated cvss 2.6

php: fnmatch long pattern stack memory exhaustion (MOPS-2010-021)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-gd 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-cli 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-dba 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-pdo 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-xml 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.31, php-gd 4.3.9-3.31, php-imap 4.3.9-3.31, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.31, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.31, php-pear 4.3.9-3.31, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.31, php-gd 4.3.9-3.31, php-imap 4.3.9-3.31, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.31, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.31, php-pear 4.3.9-3.31, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-gd 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-cli 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-dba 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-pdo 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, php-xml 5.1.6-27.el5_5.3, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.31, php-gd 4.3.9-3.31, php-imap 4.3.9-3.31, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.31, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.31, php-pear 4.3.9-3.31, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.31, php-gd 4.3.9-3.31, php-imap 4.3.9-3.31, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.31, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.31, php-pear 4.3.9-3.31, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0919
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, php-pdo, +20 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • php-security.org http://www.php-security.org/2010/05/11/mops-2010-021-php-fnmatch-stack-exhaustion-vulnerability/index.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
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References

Sources

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