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CVE-2012-2688

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2688 is an unspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function within PHP versions prior to 5.3.15 and 5.4.5, related to an "overflow." This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.3.14CPE 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

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1047 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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: php53-0:5.3.3-21.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-43.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-22.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-2688Low

php: Integer Signedness issues in _php_stream_scandir

Jul 19, 2012

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00022.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1307.html
secunia.com / advisories/55078
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/77155
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/15376003
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2527
mandriva.com / security/advisories
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
securityfocus.com / bid/54638
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1569-1