CVE-2007-4840
PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in
02 Description
PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in
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
- 3.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.8% 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
- 2007-09-12 20:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-12
- 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
- a16271b40997ae6a7036dd271dd4c6f78f05afc6941b2a2848129b28def7e8c8
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- secunia.com28658http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200710-02http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20070906 PHP <= 5.2.4 multiple Iconv functions denial of servicehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478730/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com30040http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- secunia.com27659http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- securityreason.com3122http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3122
- www.securityfocus.comSSRT080056http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- secunia.com27102http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- osvdb.org38916http://osvdb.org/38916
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- glibc Fixed in 2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- glibc Fixed in 2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- glibc Fixed in 2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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