CVE-2010-4645

php: hang on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308 with x87 fpu

Published Jan 11, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 15.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
strtod.c, as used in the zend_strtod function in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 5.3 before 5.3.5, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain floating-point value in scientific notation, which is not properly handled in x87 FPU registers, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072011e-308.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1042-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugs.php.net/53632 cve-icon cve-icon
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/28/14/29/PDF/floating-point-article.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053333.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053355.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42843 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43051 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43189 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.484686 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_strtod.c?r1=266327&r2=307095&pathrev=307095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/14/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0196.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45668 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0060 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0066 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0198 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64470 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4645 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4645 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 4:27 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 11, 2011, 3:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:25 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 30, 2010, 12:00 AM