CVE-2011-4153

php: zend_strndup() NULL pointer dereference may cause DoS

Published Jan 18, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 11.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2408-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4096 PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1358-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:01 AM
Reserved
Oct 21, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 18, 2012, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 10, 2012, 12:00 AM