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CVE-2002-2309

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

php.exe in PHP 3.0 through 4.2.2, when running on Apache, does not terminate properly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a direct request without arguments.

Affected products

• PHP: 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6 (+32)

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-July/000605.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/283586
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9646.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5280
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-July/000605.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/283586
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9646.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5280

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