CVE-2007-3998

N/A Unknown
Published: September 04, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

70 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.0%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

debian canonical php

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