Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-4150

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Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-4150

Published: September 19, 2017 / Updated: June 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110279
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4150
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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