CVE-2012-2376
Buffer overflow in the com_print_typeinfo function in PHP 5.4.3 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that trigger incorrect handling of COM object VARIANT types, as exploited in the wild in May…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the com_print_typeinfo function in PHP 5.4.3 and earlier on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments that trigger incorrect handling of COM object VARIANT types, as exploited in the wild in May 2012.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 19.84% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 19.8% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=13255
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/20/2
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18861/Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027089
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823464
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75778
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=13255
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/20/2
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18861/Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027089
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823464
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75778
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