CVE-2010-4156

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The mb_strcut function in Libmbfl 1.1.0, as used in PHP 5.3.x through 5.3.3, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via a large value of the third parameter (aka the length parameter).

Affected products

Scottmac Libmbfl: 1.1.0

References

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://pastie.org/1279428
http://pastie.org/1279682
http://secunia.com/advisories/42135
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
http://secunia.com/advisories/43189
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:225
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/08/13
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

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