CVE-2010-3709

medium
Published 2010-11-09 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.3

Description

The ZipArchive::getArchiveComment function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-15431 dos php
Maksymilian Arciemowicz ยท 2010-11-05

PHP 5.3.3/5.2.14 - ZipArchive::getArchiveComment Null Pointer Dereference

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OS impact

ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
10.10 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
9.10 Affected โ€”
8.04 Affected โ€”
6.06 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
php phpphp{"startIncluding":"5.2.0","endExcluding":"5.2.15"}5.2.15

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.