CVE-2012-0789

php: strtotime timezone memory leak

Published Feb 14, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 8.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Memory leak in the timezone functionality in PHP before 5.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering many strtotime function calls, which are not properly handled by the php_date_parse_tzfile cache.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0820 Memory leak in the timezone functionality in PHP before 5.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering many strtotime function calls, which are not properly handled by the php_date_parse_tzfile cache.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:38 PM
Reserved
Jan 19, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 14, 2012, 3:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:38 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 11, 2012, 12:00 AM