Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-3710

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Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2010-3710

Published: August 23, 2016 / Updated: June 8, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110285
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-2010-3710
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.

Stack consumption vulnerability in the filter_var function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3, when FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string.


Affected software

PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php

How to mitigate CVE-2010-3710

Install update from vendor's website.

PHP - addressed in versions 5.2.15, 5.3.4
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8

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