Vulnerability in PHP
CVE-2006-5465
Buffer overflow in PHP before 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 inputs to the (1) htmlentities or (2) htmlspecialchars functions.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.077 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.077 · newest: 0.077 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PHP — versions 5.0, 5.0.0, 5.0.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/22881 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4749 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450431/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0731.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22759 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24606 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1546 (vdb-entry)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-5465?
- CVE-2006-5465 is a vulnerability in PHP. Published 2006-11-04.
- Is CVE-2006-5465 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.