Information disclosure in PHP - CVE-2010-2097
Published: August 23, 2016 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110299
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2097
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The (1) iconv_mime_decode, (2) iconv_substr, and (3) iconv_mime_encode functions in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) by causing a userspace interruption of an internal function, related to the call time pass by reference feature.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2097
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-032-php-iconv_mime_decode-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-033-php-iconv_substr-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/18/mops-2010-034-php-iconv_mime_encode-interruption-information-leak-vulnerability/index.html