CVE-2011-0421
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.135 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The _zip_name_locate function in zip_name_locate.c in the Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 does not properly handle a ZIPARCHIVE::FL_UNCHANGED argument, which might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty ZIP archive that is processed with a (1) locateName or (2) statName operation.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–5.3
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exploits (1)
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affected products (113)
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also known as (4)
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references (61)
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- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885cnnvd
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=307867cnnvd
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpcnnvd
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.phpcnnvd
- http://www.php.net/downloads.phpPatchcnnvd
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_6.phpcnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688735cnnvd
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885enisa_euvd
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