CVE-2011-1938
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 23.1%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the socket_connect function in ext/sockets/sockets.c in PHP 5.3.3 through 5.3.6 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname for a UNIX socket.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 23.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1936)
- Published
- May 31, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1936 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/1(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/24/9(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/72644
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8262
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8294
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/trunk/ext/sockets/sockets.c?r1=311369&r2=311368&pathrev=311369(Patch)
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=311369(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17318/(Exploit)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1423.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67606
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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