Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-4418 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in PHP

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

The unserialize function in PHP 5.3.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a deeply nested serialized variable, as demonstrated by a string beginning with a:1: followed by many {a:1: sequences.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Php
405

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Statements

contributorTomas Hoger
lastmodified2010-01-04
organizationRed Hat
statementRed Hat does not consider this to be a security flaw. For further details, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4418