CVE-2012-6113
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
The openssl_encrypt function in ext/openssl/openssl.c in PHP 5.3.9 through 5.3.13 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by providing zero bytes of input data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=270a406ac94b5fc5cc9ef59fc61e3b4b95648a3e
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1702-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1099793
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61413
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=270a406ac94b5fc5cc9ef59fc61e3b4b95648a3e
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1702-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1099793
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61413
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.