The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php4Upgrade php5 | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 11, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/php. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade phpUpgrade php-imapUpgrade php-snmpUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-ncursesUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-develUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-dbaUpgrade php-bcmathUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-mbstring | Oct 16, 2024 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.2.4Upgrade to PHP version 4.4.8 | Oct 1, 2012 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-gmpUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php5-imapUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php5-hashUpgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php5-mhashUpgrade php5-ncursesUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade suse-releaseUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php5-dbaseUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php4-swfUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php5-tidy | Feb 17, 2015 | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php5-cgi | Nov 8, 2024 | Sep 4, 2007 |
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