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CVE-2012-6113

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6113 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the openssl_encrypt function within PHP versions 5.3.9 through 5.3.13. By providing zero bytes of input data, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information from process memory due to an uninitialized variable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6113Low

extension): Process memory sensitive information disclosure due to missing variable initialization

Mar 16, 2012

References

git.php.net
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/6
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1099793
bugs.php.net / bug.php
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1702-1