CVE-2007-4661
Published Sep 4, 2007
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The chunk_split function in string.c in PHP 5.2.3 does not properly calculate the needed buffer size due to precision loss when performing integer arithmetic with floating point numbers, which has unknown attack vectors and impact, possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2872.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- MandrivaNot vulnerable. Mandriva has not issued an update to date to fix CVE-2007-2872 and the updates in progress are using a correct fix.
- Red HatNot vulnerable. Red Hat did not include an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2872 for PHP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Application Stack.
Configurations
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"matchCriteriaId": "86767200-6C9C-4C3E-B111-0E5BE61E197B"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]