CVE-2008-5557

Scores

EPSS

0.000none0.0%
0%20%40%60%80%100%

Percentile: 0.0%

CVSS

10.0critical2.0
0246810

CVSS Score: 10.0/10

All CVSS Scores

CVSS 2.0
10.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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Sources

debiannvdubuntu

CWEs

CWE-119

Vulnerable Software (4)

Type: Configuration

Product: php5

Operating System: ubuntu hardy 8.04

Trait:
{  "fixed": "5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5"}

Source: ubuntu

Type: Configuration

Product: php5

Operating System: debian

Trait:
{  "fixed": "5.2.6.dfsg.1-1"}

Source: debian

Type: Configuration

Product: php5

Operating System: debian lenny 5

Trait:
{  "fixed": "5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny1"}

Source: debian

Type: Configuration

Vendor: php

Product: php

Operating System: * * *

Trait:
{  "cpe_match": [    {      "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",      "vulnerable": true    },    {      "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",      "vulnerable":...

Source: nvd