{"cve":"CVE-2012-2336","nvd":{"published":"2012-05-11T10:15:48.527","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:23.173","status":"Modified","description":"sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.13 and 5.4.x before 5.4.3, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not properly handle query strings that lack an = (equals sign) character, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by placing command-line options in the query string, related to lack of skipping a certain php_getopt for the 'T' case.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-1823.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00003.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/49014","http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.4.3","http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-05-08-1"],"products":["php:php"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2336","score":0.52085,"percentile":0.98957,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}