01 Record
CVE-2007-4887
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage
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
- 1.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.1% 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
- 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
- 2007-09-14 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-09-13
- 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
- d0e7c0bcab1566f05968d9d63b62c193f48947b8a5625a3840f8add09b79a985
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5
- securityreason.com3133http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3133
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- secunia.com28750http://secunia.com/advisories/28750
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200710-02http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5767https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5767
- secunia.com30040http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- www.securityfocus.com20070910 /* PHP <=5.2.4 open_basedir bypass & code exec & denial of service errata ... working on windows too .. */http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0398http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398
- www.php.nethttp://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
- secunia.com27659http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.comSSRT080056http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20070910 PHP <=5.2.4 open_basedir bypass & code exec & denial of servicehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- secunia.com27102http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- h20000.www2.hp.comSSRT080010http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501
- www.securityfocus.com26403http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26403
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3825http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3825