CVE-2010-3709

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-11-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The ZipArchive::getArchiveComment function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 6.06, 8.04, 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
PHP: from 5.2.0 before 5.2.15; from 5.3.0 before 5.3.4 — fixed in 5.2.15, 5.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.2.15, 5.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/42729
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/90
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.490619
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/zip/php_zip.c?view=log
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/zip/php_zip.c?view=log

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