CVE-2007-4840
PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2) iconv_mime_decode_headers, (3) iconv_mime_decode, or (4) iconv_strlen function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless these issues can be demonstrated for code execution.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.15% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- php/php
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/38916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3122
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478730/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/38916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3122
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478730/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.