01 Record
CVE-2007-3998
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 2.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.1% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2007-09-04 18:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-07-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c37e1bc70a96032e01d5d1fe1e877c4ffd4befd6aa6715cff5d0d49007ee2a11
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com30288http://secunia.com/advisories/30288
- secunia.com26822http://secunia.com/advisories/26822
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/173043
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10603https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- secunia.com28658http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-709https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
- secunia.com26967http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
- www.debian.orgDSA-1444http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200710-02http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- secunia.com27864http://secunia.com/advisories/27864
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4
- secunia.com26930http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
- www.trustix.org2007-0026http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0889http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-549-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693
- secunia.com28249http://secunia.com/advisories/28249
- www.debian.orgDSA-1578http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702
- secunia.com27545http://secunia.com/advisories/27545
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
- secunia.com26838http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
- secweb.sehttp://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/
- secunia.com27377http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:187http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- secunia.com27102http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3023http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php
- secunia.com26895http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-549-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0890http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0891http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
- secunia.com26871http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
- secunia.com26642http://secunia.com/advisories/26642