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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-5016
Integer overflow in the xml_utf8_decode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP...
Vulnerability Description
Integer overflow in the xml_utf8_decode function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.2.11 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string that uses overlong UTF-8 encoding, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-3870.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44889
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687
- http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021
- http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42410
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0020
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0b10, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.0.12, 3.0.13, 3.0.14, 3.0.15, 3.0.16, 3.0.17, 3.0.18, 4.0, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.8, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 4.3.11, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, 4.4.9, 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.2.0, 5.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 12th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.