cve-2009-4418
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-12-24 17:00
Modified
2024-09-17 02:36
Severity ?
Summary
The unserialize function in PHP 5.3.0 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a deeply nested serialized variable, as demonstrated by a string beginning with a:1: followed by many {a:1: sequences.
Impacted products
n/an/a
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