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CVE-2012-2376

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the com_print_typeinfo function in PHP 5.4.3 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that trigger incorrect handling of COM object VARIANT types, as exploited in the wild in May 2012.

Affected products

• PHP: through 5.4.3; 1.0, 2.0, 2.0b10, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2 (+109)

References

• http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=13255
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/20/2
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18861/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027089
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823464
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75778
• http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=13255
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/20/2
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18861/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027089
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823464
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75778

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