CVE-2011-2772

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The get_dataroot_image_path function in lib/file.php in Mahara before 1.4.1 does not properly validate uploaded image files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a (1) large or (2) invalid image.

Affected products

mahara: through 1.4.0; 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+65)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/46719
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.2.6-2+squeeze3.debian.tar.gz
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2334
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/784978
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/46719
http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mahara/mahara_1.2.6-2+squeeze3.debian.tar.gz
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2334
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/784978
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.1

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