CVE-2010-4645

Summary

CVECVE-2010-4645
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-11 03:00:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionstrtod.c, as used in the zend_strtod function in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 5.3 before 5.3.5, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain floating-point value in scientific notation, which is not properly handled in x87 FPU registers, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072011e-308.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php 5.2.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.10 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.11 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.12 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.13 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.14 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.15 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.16 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.4 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.5 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.6 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.7 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.8 All All All
Application Php Php 5.2.9 All All All
Application Php Php 5.3.0 All All All
Application Php Php 5.3.1 All All All
Application Php Php 5.3.2 All All All
Application Php Php 5.3.3 All All All
Application Php Php 5.3.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP 'zend_strtod()' Function Floating-Point Value Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
oss-security - Re: possible flaw in widely used strtod.c implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02752 SSRT100802 rev.1 HP Insight Control Software for Linux (IC-Linux), R' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
oss-security - Re: Real world vulnerabilities of CWE-1077: Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Fedora update for php - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/28/14/29/PDF/floating-point-article.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
Red Hat update for php53 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: possible flaw in widely used strtod.c implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: maniadrive-data-1.2-5.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: maniadrive-data-1.2-5.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Ubuntu update for php5 - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - possible flaw in widely used strtod.c implementation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch
PHP: Diff of /php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_strtod.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.php.net Patch
PHP :: Bug #53632 :: PHP hangs on numeric value 2.2250738585072011e-308 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.php.net Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1042-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
PHP Hangs On Numeric Value 2.2250738585072011e-308 - Exploring Binary af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploringbinary.com
Slackware update for php - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBOV02763 SSRT100826 rev.1 - HP Secure Web Server (SWS) for OpenVMS running PH' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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