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CVE-2010-3709

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3709 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3, specifically within the ZipArchive::getArchiveComment function. An attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a specially crafted ZIP archive. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, and requires medium attack complexity with no authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog and with no active Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, a public exploit (EDB-15431) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-15431 · Nov 5, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1333 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.2-6.el6_0.1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3709Low

php: NULL pointer dereference in ZipArchive::getArchiveComment

Oct 19, 2010

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42729
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/42812
Broken Link
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/90
Third Party Advisory
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT4581
Third Party Advisory
svn.php.net / viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/ext/zip/php_zip.c
PatchVendor Advisory
svn.php.net / viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/zip/php_zip.c
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/15431
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
php.net / archive/2010.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / releases/5_2_15.php
Vendor Advisory
php.net / releases/5_3_4.php
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/44718
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1042-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3313
Permissions Required
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0020
Permissions Required
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0021
Permissions Required
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0077
Permissions Required