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CVE-2011-1471

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1471 describes an integer signedness error in the Zip extension of PHP versions prior to 5.3.6. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by providing a specially crafted archive file that triggers errors in the zip_fread function. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating network accessibility, medium attack complexity, and a partial impact on availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit (EDB-35485) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
13.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-35485 · Mar 10, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1319 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 5Fixed in: php53-0:5.3.3-1.el5_7.3
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-2011-1471Low

php: DoS (excessive CPU consumption) by processing certain Zip archive files

Jul 27, 2009

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT5002
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2266
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/46975
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0744
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