CVE-2011-0421 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.5% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.51% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-03-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 5.3.5 libzip 0.9.3 - _zip_name_locate Null Pointer Dereference | 2011-03-18 |
References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53885
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43621
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/96
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8146
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=307867
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17004
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:053
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:099
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_6.php
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