01 Record
CVE-2006-1991
The substr_compare function in string.c in PHP 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) via an out-of-bounds offset argument.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The substr_compare function in string.c in PHP 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) via an out-of-bounds offset argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-24 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 721f82ce6608bd088a5c552bfa678934f1620040885a806c58b9a84ab80cf0f3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1015979http://securitytracker.com/id?1015979
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comphp-substrcompare-length-dos(26003)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26003
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:031http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:091http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:091
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200605-08http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml
- secunia.com20269http://secunia.com/advisories/20269
- secunia.com20676http://secunia.com/advisories/20676
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-320-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
- secunia.com21125http://secunia.com/advisories/21125
- www.infigo.hrhttp://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2006-04-02
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1500http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1500
- secunia.com20052http://secunia.com/advisories/20052