Vulnerability in PHP

CVE-2007-2872

Multiple integer overflows in the chunk_split function in PHP 5 before 5.2.3 and PHP 4 before 4.4.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the (1) chunks, (2) srclen, and (3) chunklen arguments.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.089 (95.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.1% 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-2007-2872: held from 0.089 to 0.089.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.089 · newest: 0.089 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • PHP — versions 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-2872?
CVE-2007-2872 is a vulnerability in PHP, classified under CWE-189. Published 2007-06-04.
Is CVE-2007-2872 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.