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CVE-2011-3268
Buffer overflow in the crypt function in PHP before 5.3.7 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a long salt…
High10.0EPSS 5.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the crypt function in PHP before 5.3.7 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via a long salt argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2483.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/standard/php_crypt_r.c?r1=311300&r2=311390&pathrev=315218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49241 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.3.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- php-crypt-bo(69427) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php#id2011-08-18-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 74738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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