01 Record
CVE-2007-2727
The mcrypt_create_iv function in ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c in PHP before 4.4.7, 5.2.1, and possibly 5.0.x and other PHP 5 versions, calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable and therefore always
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The mcrypt_create_iv function in ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c in PHP before 4.4.7, 5.2.1, and possibly 5.0.x and other PHP 5 versions, calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable and therefore always
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
- 1.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.2% 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
- 2007-05-16 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 13:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-05-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b2db9b3c210fec1b9ca7cd4f148152c86fbf1bf2f1c06c50a2595b27f327f474
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com23984http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23984
- www.fortheloot.comhttp://www.fortheloot.com/public/mcrypt.patch
- cvs.php.nethttp://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.c?r1=1.91.2.3.2.9&r2=1.91.2.3.2.10
- blog.php-security.orghttp://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- bugs.php.nethttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40999
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:187http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- secunia.com26895http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:015http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
- osvdb.org36087http://osvdb.org/36087