CVE-2007-4657

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

Multiple integer overflows in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (thread crash) via a large len value to the (1) strspn or (2) strcspn function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this affects different product versions than CVE-2007-3996.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit 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/27102
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
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/28318
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936
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-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List 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.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor 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
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
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/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/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/28318
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936
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-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List 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.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php
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.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
Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

58 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-119 CWE-189

Affected Vendors

debian canonical php

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