CVE-2010-3709: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 13.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ZipArchive::getArchiveComment function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 8.04 only; version 9.10 only; version 10.04 only; version 10.10 only
  • PHP PHP: from 5.2.0, before 5.2.15 (fixed in 5.2.15); from 5.3.0, before 5.3.4 (fixed in 5.3.4)

Published 2010-11-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.