CVE-2009-1272

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The php_zip_make_relative_path function in php_zip.c in PHP 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ZIP file that contains filenames with relative paths, which is not properly handled during extraction.

Affected products

PHP: 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5 (+3)

References

http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/zip/php_zip.c?r1=1.1.2.48&r2=1.1.2.49
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125017764422557&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/09/1
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_9.php
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/zip/php_zip.c?r1=1.1.2.48&r2=1.1.2.49
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html

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