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CVE-2009-1271

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1271 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PHP versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9. A malformed string supplied to the json_decode API function can trigger a segmentation fault in the JSON_parser function, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 72nd 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1271Low

php: crash on malformed input in json_decode()

Dec 19, 2008

References

cvs.php.net / viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/json/JSON_parser.c
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/34770
secunia.com / advisories/34830
secunia.com / advisories/34933
secunia.com / advisories/35003
secunia.com / advisories/35007
secunia.com / advisories/35306
secunia.com / advisories/35685
secunia.com / advisories/36701
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
usn.ubuntu.com / 761-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1775
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1789
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/9
php.net / releases/5_2_9.php
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-761-2