CVE-2010-3870
N/A
Published: November 12, 2010 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
Description
The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection protection mechanisms via a crafted string.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687
- 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
References (33)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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