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CVE-2010-4156

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4156 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the mb_strcut function of Libmbfl 1.1.0, affecting PHP versions 5.3.x through 5.3.3. An attacker can exploit this by providing a large length parameter, potentially revealing sensitive information. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no impact on integrity or availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or the Hot List, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-34979) exists, suggesting proof-of-concept code is available. However, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scottmac:libmbfl:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-34979 · Nov 7, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1279 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-1.el5_6.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4156Moderate

php information disclosure via mb_strcut()

Nov 8, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
marc.info
pastie.org / 1279428
Patch
pastie.org / 1279682
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/42135
secunia.com / advisories/42812
secunia.com / advisories/43189
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/07/2
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/11/08/13
ExploitPatch
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0196.html
securityfocus.com / bid/44727
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1042-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0020
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0021
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0077