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CVE-2009-2626

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2626 is a memory information disclosure and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions 5.3.0, 5.2.10, and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by using the ini_set and ini_restore functions to manipulate a variable, leading to the disclosure of memory contents and a PHP crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0b10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:2.0b10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-10296 · Dec 3, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0831 is in the 93rd 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)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2626

CVE-2009-2626

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/37482
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/65
Exploit
svn.php.net / viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/Zend/zend_ini.c
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1940
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/36009