CVE-2010-4697

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine in PHP before 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors related to use of __set, __get, __isset, and __unset methods on objects accessed by a reference.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.39% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory marc.info
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://bugs.php.net/52879 patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12528 signature vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65310 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45952 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4697?
CVE-2010-4697 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4697?
To fix CVE-2010-4697, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4697 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4697 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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