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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-0908 · published 13 February 2007

CVE-2007-0908: Php improper input validation vulnerability

Php · Php

The WDDX deserializer in the wddx extension in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5 does not properly initialize the key_length variable for a numerical key, which allows context-dependent attackers to read stack memory via a wddxPacket element that contains a variable with a string name before a numerical variable.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 12% · top 4.0% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
86References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The WDDX deserializer in the wddx extension in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5 does not properly initialize the key_length variable for a numerical key, which allows context-dependent attackers to read stack memory via a wddxPacket element that contains a variable with a string name before a numerical variable.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/32766 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24089 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24195 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24217 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24236 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24248 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24295 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24322 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24419 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24421 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24432 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24514 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24642 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2321 Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:048 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-11-2007.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22496 PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22806 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017671 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0546 Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-0908), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.