CVE-2007-3998
Apache PHP Wordwrap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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 and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 4, 2007, 6:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 26, 2018, 1:59 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2007-3998
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Patch http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm No Types Assigned http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26822 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php No Types Assigned http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ No Types Assigned http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/ Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/ No Types Assigned http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.4.7 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.2.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.0 up to (excluding) 4.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.4 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-549-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10603 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-3998
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-3998
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.04 }} 1.03%
score
0.89204
percentile