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CVE-2010-4409

medium
Published 2010-12-06 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

Integer overflow in the NumberFormatter::getSymbol (aka numfmt_get_symbol) function in PHP 5.3.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid argument.

Predictions

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

Mitigations

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Exploits

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

Exploit-DB

EDB-15722 dos multiple
Maksymilian Arciemowicz · 2010-12-10

PHP 5.3.3 - NumberFormatter::getSymbol Integer Overflow

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
php phpphp{"endIncluding":"5.3.3"}
php phpphp1.0
php phpphp2.0
php phpphp2.0b10
php phpphp3.0
php phpphp3.0.1
php phpphp3.0.2
php phpphp3.0.3
php phpphp3.0.4
php phpphp3.0.5
php phpphp3.0.6
php phpphp3.0.7
php phpphp3.0.8
php phpphp3.0.9
php phpphp3.0.10
php phpphp3.0.11
php phpphp3.0.12
php phpphp3.0.13
php phpphp3.0.14
php phpphp3.0.15
php phpphp3.0.16
php phpphp3.0.17
php phpphp3.0.18
php phpphp4.0
php phpphp4.0.0
php phpphp4.0.1
php phpphp4.0.2
php phpphp4.0.3
php phpphp4.0.4
php phpphp4.0.5
php phpphp4.0.6
php phpphp4.0.7
php phpphp4.1.0
php phpphp4.1.1
php phpphp4.1.2
php phpphp4.2.0
php phpphp4.2.1
php phpphp4.2.2
php phpphp4.2.3
php phpphp4.3.0
php phpphp4.3.1
php phpphp4.3.2
php phpphp4.3.3
php phpphp4.3.4
php phpphp4.3.5
php phpphp4.3.6
php phpphp4.3.7
php phpphp4.3.8
php phpphp4.3.9
php phpphp4.3.10
php phpphp4.3.11
php phpphp4.4.0
php phpphp4.4.1
php phpphp4.4.2
php phpphp4.4.3
php phpphp4.4.4
php phpphp4.4.5
php phpphp4.4.6
php phpphp4.4.7
php phpphp4.4.8
php phpphp4.4.9
php phpphp5.3.0
php phpphp5.3.1
php phpphp5.3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-189

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

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