The chunk_split function in string.c in PHP 5.2.3 does not properly calculate the needed buffer size due to precision loss when performing integer arithmetic with floating point numbers, which has unknown attack vectors and impact, possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2872.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5Upgrade php4 | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.4 | Oct 1, 2012 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-tidyUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php4-ypUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php5-imapUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php5-iconv | Feb 17, 2015 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php5-cgiUpgrade php5-cli | Nov 8, 2024 | Sep 4, 2007 |
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