Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Php | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Dec 16, 2011 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-dbaUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-pearUpgrade php-mbstringUpgrade php-bcmathUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-develUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-ncursesUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-domxmlUpgrade php-snmpUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-imap | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 29, 2013 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php4-mbstring | Dec 10, 2025 | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Hpsmh | — | Upgrade to the latest version of HP System Management Homepage | Oct 13, 2015 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade php-cliUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-bcmathUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-imapUpgrade php-snmpUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade phpUpgrade php-ncursesUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-mbstringUpgrade php-dbaUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-devel | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.7 | Oct 1, 2012 | Dec 23, 2008 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-jsonUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5Upgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-dba | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-cgiUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade libapache2-mod-php5filterUpgrade php5-cli | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 23, 2008 |
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