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CVE-2011-1148

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1148 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the substr_replace function of PHP versions 5.3.6 and earlier. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption, or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, by manipulating arguments to the function. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.6CPE 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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0474 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-1.el5_7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-27.el5_7.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-3.el6_1.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1148Moderate

php: use-after-free vulnerability in substr_replace()

Mar 13, 2011

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
marc.info
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/03/13/9
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66080
support.apple.com / kb/HT5130
mandriva.com / security/advisories
php.net / archive/2011.php
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html
securityfocus.com / bid/46843
securityfocus.com / bid/49241