CVE-2010-3717

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The t3lib_div::validEmail function in TYPO3 4.2.x before 4.2.15, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 4.4.x before 4.4.4 does not properly restrict input to filter_var FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL operations in PHP, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string, a related issue to CVE-2010-3710.

Affected products

typo3: 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5 (+20)

References

http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2010-020/
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2121
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43786
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2010-020/
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2121
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43786

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