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CVE-2009-3294 Details

Description

The popen API function in TSRM/tsrm_win32.c in PHP before 5.2.11 and 5.3.x before 5.3.1, when running on certain Windows operating systems, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) "e" or (2) "er" string in the second argument (aka mode), possibly related to the _fdopen function in the Microsoft C runtime library. NOTE: this might not cross privilege boundaries except in rare cases in which the mode argument is accessible to an attacker outside of an application that uses the popen function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44683 CVEExploitVendor Advisory
http://news.php.net/php.announce/79 CVEVendor Advisory
http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=287779 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/20/1 CVEMailing ListPatch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/2 CVEMailing List

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format String[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
php php
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.11
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows 7
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows server 2008
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows xp
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-3294
NVD Published Date:
Sep 22, 2009
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2009-3294 Details - Not Deferred