01 Record
CVE-2010-3870
The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The utf8_decode function in PHP before 5.3.4 does not properly handle non-shortest form UTF-8 encoding and ill-formed subsequences in UTF-8 data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-11-12 20:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0cc3bb2ab68187becc935583e588fc7a4fd64af24be26ab3c54652478a6ad2d1
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/11
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0077http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-19011http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052836.html
- secunia.com42812http://secunia.com/advisories/42812
- marc.infoHPSBOV02763http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0195http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/4
- www.securitytracker.com1024797http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024797
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:023http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html
- bugs.php.nethttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49687
- www.blackhat.comhttp://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/VELANAVA/BHUSA09-VelaNava-FavoriteXSS-SLIDES.pdf
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1042-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/6
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0919http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0919.html
- bugs.php.nethttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48230
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0021http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0021
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- sirdarckcat.blogspot.comhttp://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/1
- secunia.com42410http://secunia.com/advisories/42410
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:224http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:224
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-18976http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052845.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101103 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/03/1
- svn.php.nethttp://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=304959
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0020http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0020
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20101102 Re: utf-8 security issue in phphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/02/8
- www.securityfocus.com44605http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44605
- us2.php.nethttp://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php#83935
- www.acunetix.comhttp://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-articles/security-risks-associated-with-utf8_decode/
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-3081http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3081
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581