CVE-2010-0397 (GCVE-0-2010-0397)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-16 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
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Summary
The xmlrpc extension in PHP 5.3.1 does not properly handle a missing methodName element in the first argument to the xmlrpc_decode_request function, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted argument.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2309 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2010-03-12 00:00
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      "title": "php: NULL pointer dereference in XML-RPC extension",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2010/cve-2010-0397.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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