Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-4150
Published: September 19, 2017 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110279
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4150
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Double free vulnerability in the imap_do_open function in the IMAP extension (ext/imap/php_imap.c) in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.15 and 5.3 before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4150
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 5.2.15, 5.3.4
php - update to 5.2.16
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.2.16
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- 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=133469208622507&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42729
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.490619
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305032
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:239
- http://www.php.net/archive/2010.php#id2010-12-10-1
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_15.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_4.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44980
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024761
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3027
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3313
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0020
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/63390
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12489