CVE-2010-4657 (GCVE-0-2010-4657)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-13 20:06 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
PHP5 before 5.4.4 allows passing invalid utf-8 strings via the xmlTextWriterWriteAttribute, which are then misparsed by libxml2. This results in memory leak into the resulting output.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- Memory Leak
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4657 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/php/%2Bbug/655442 | x_refsource_MISC |
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