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CVE-2008-1384
Integer overflow in PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact via a printf format parameter with a large width specifier, related to the php_sprintf_appendstring function in formatted_print.c and probably other functions for formatted strings (aka *printf functions).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- 20080523 rPSA-2008-0176-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080321 {securityreason.com}PHP 5 *printf() - Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200811-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?revision=1.2027.2.547.2.1120&view=markup (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1572 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 30345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-628-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- php-phpsprintfappendstring-overflow(41386) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080527 rPSA-2008-0178-1 php php-mysql php-pgsql (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30411 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 28392 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080320 PHP 5.2.5 and prior : *printf() functions Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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