CVE-2010-3710

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—
Severity4.3Medium · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability3.09 %higher than 88% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Stack consumption vulnerability in the filter_var function in PHP 5.2.x through 5.2.14 and 5.3.x through 5.3.3, when FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string.

CVSS

Base score
4.3
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
3.09 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
88
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

CWEs

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