Unscored severity · published Feb 14, 2012
CVE-2012-0789
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…
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CVSS
8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.0% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
through 5.3.8; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0789
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0789
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
www.php.net
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.9
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53502
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783609
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