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ghsa-37px-x6g4-3pm2

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-02 03:54

Modified

2025-04-09 04:17

Details

The unserialize function in PHP 5.3.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a deeply nested serialized variable, as demonstrated by a string beginning with a:1: followed by many {a:1: sequences.

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  "modified": "2025-04-09T04:17:40Z",
  "published": "2022-05-02T03:54:29Z",
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CVE-2009-4418 (GCVE-0-2009-4418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2009-12-24 17:00

Modified

2024-09-17 02:36

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

The unserialize function in PHP 5.3.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a deeply nested serialized variable, as demonstrated by a string beginning with a:1: followed by many {a:1: sequences.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.suspekt.org/downloads/POC2009-ShockingNewsInPHPExploitation.pdf	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.suspekt.org/2009/11/28/shocking-news-in-php-exploitation/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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