Code Injection in PHP - CVE-2010-1868
Published: May 11, 2010 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110308
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1868
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The (1) sqlite_single_query and (2) sqlite_array_query functions in ext/sqlite/sqlite.c in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling these functions with an empty SQL query, which triggers access of uninitialized memory.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-1868
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 5.2.14, 5.3.3
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/07/mops-2010-012-php-sqlite_single_query-uninitialized-memory-usage-vulnerability/index.html
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/07/mops-2010-013-php-sqlite_array_query-uninitialized-memory-usage-vulnerability/index.html
- http://php-security.org/2010/05/07/mops-submission-03-sqlite_single_query-sqlite_array_query-uninitialized-memory-usage/index.html