VDB
GHSA-43ww-xqjh-ppmf
GHSA-43ww-xqjh-ppmf
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022
Multiple integer overflows in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) or cause a denial of service (thread crash) via a large len value to the (1) strspn or (2) strcspn function, which triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: this affects different product versions than CVE-2007-3996.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 1, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-43ww-xqjh-ppmf
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"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-43ww-xqjh-ppmf/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702 url
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 url
- http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-strcspn-information-leak-vulnerability url
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 url
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0059 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4657 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36388 url
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39399 url
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30288 url
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578 url
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php url
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