The xmlrpc extension in PHP 5.3.1 does not properly handle a missing methodName element in the first argument to the xmlrpc_decode_request function, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted argument. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/slices/2000.html
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions CWE-754
Publication date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0000