# CVE-2010-4697: Use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine in PHP before 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine in PHP before 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors related to use of __set, __get, __isset, and __unset methods on objects accessed by a reference.

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## References

- http://bugs.php.net/52879
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12528
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45952

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