CVE-2010-4645
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 15.1%EU EUVD
strtod.c, as used in the zend_strtod function in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 5.3 before 5.3.5, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain floating-point value in scientific notation, which is not properly handled in x87 FPU registers, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072011e-308.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 15.1% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4610)
- Published
- January 11, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4610 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on February 13, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
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- php / php
References
- http://bugs.php.net/53632(Exploit)
- http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/28/14/29/PDF/floating-point-article.pdf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053333.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053355.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42843
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43189
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.484686
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_strtod.c?r1=266327&r2=307095&pathrev=307095(Patch)
- http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/2(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/14/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0196.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45668(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0060(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0066
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0198
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64470
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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