Buffer overflow in PHP

CVE-2006-0097

Stack-based buffer overflow in the create_named_pipe function in libmysql.c in PHP 4.3.10 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 for Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) arg_host or (2) arg_unix_socket argument, as demonstrated by a long named pipe variable in the host argument to the mysql_connect function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.122 (96.0th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-0097: rose from 0.086 to 0.122.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.122 · change: +0.037

Affected products

  • PHP — versions 4.3.10, 4.4.0, 4.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References