CVE-2012-2329
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 61.9%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the apache_request_headers function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP 5.4.x before 5.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the header of an HTTP request.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 61.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2322)
- Published
- May 11, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2322 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
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49014
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.3
- http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-08-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53455
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61807
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820000(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75545
- https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03839862
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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