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CVE-2008-5557

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.

  • Published: Dec 23, 2008
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2008-5557
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 10
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
php / php 4.3.9 4.3.9.x
php / php 4.4.9 4.4.9.x
php / php 5.1.5 5.1.5.x
php / php 5.1.2 5.1.2.x
php / php 5.1.1 5.1.1.x
php / php 4.4.4 4.4.4.x
php / php 5.0.0-beta1 5.0.0-beta1.x
php / php 5.1.6 5.1.6.x
php / php 4.3.4 4.3.4.x
php / php 4.3.0 4.3.0.x
php / php 5.2.2 5.2.2.x
php / php 5.0.5 5.0.5.x
php / php 4.3.6 4.3.6.x
php / php 5.0.1 5.0.1.x
php / php 5.1.4 5.1.4.x
php / php 5.2.5 5.2.5.x
php / php 4.3.7 4.3.7.x
php / php 5.0.4 5.0.4.x
php / php 4.4.2 4.4.2.x
php / php 4.3.2 4.3.2.x
php / php 4.3.11 4.3.11.x
php / php 4.3.3 4.3.3.x
php / php 5.2.6 5.2.6.x
php / php 4.4.3 4.4.3.x
php / php 5.0.0-rc2 5.0.0-rc2.x
php / php 5.2.3 5.2.3.x
php / php 5.0.3 5.0.3.x
php / php 5.1.0 5.1.0.x
php / php 4.4.5 4.4.5.x
php / php 5.0.0-rc3 5.0.0-rc3.x
php / php 4.4.8 4.4.8.x
php / php 5.2.0 5.2.0.x
php / php 5.2.4 5.2.4.x
php / php 5.0.0-beta3 5.0.0-beta3.x
php / php 4.3.1 4.3.1.x
php / php 5.1.3 5.1.3.x
php / php 4.4.0 4.4.0.x
php / php 4.3.10 4.3.10.x
php / php 5.0.0-rc1 5.0.0-rc1.x
php / php 5.0.2 5.0.2.x
php / php 4.4.6 4.4.6.x
php / php 4.4.1 4.4.1.x
php / php 5.2.1 5.2.1.x
php / php 5.0.0-beta4 5.0.0-beta4.x
php / php 5.0.0 5.0.0.x
php / php 4.3.8 4.3.8.x
php / php 4.3.5 4.3.5.x
php / php 5.0.0-beta2 5.0.0-beta2.x
php / php 4.4.7 4.4.7.x