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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-2872 · published 4 June 2007

CVE-2007-2872: Php vulnerability

Php · Php

Multiple integer overflows in the chunk_split function in PHP 5 before 5.2.3 and PHP 4 before 4.4.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the (1) chunks, (2) srclen, and (3) chunklen arguments.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.9% · top 5.0% CWE-189 · CWE-189
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
116References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the chunk_split function in PHP 5 before 5.2.3 and PHP 4 before 4.4.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via the (1) chunks, (2) srclen, and (3) chunklen arguments.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01345501
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-07/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://osvdb.org/36083
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25456 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25535 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26048 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27110 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27351 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28318 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28750
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040 Vendor Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.482863
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.020.html
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_3.php Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0888.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
http://www.sec-consult.com/291.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-2872), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.