CVE-2007-3998

CVE Details

Release Date:2007-09-04

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-3998 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (php)ELSA-2007-08902007-09-20
Oracle Linux version 5 (php)ELSA-2007-08902007-09-20



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