CVE-2012-0789

N/A Unknown
Published: February 14, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53502
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783609
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53502
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783609
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.3%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

php