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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
10 UNKNOWN
NETWORK
LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 95%
VendorProductVersion
phpphp
4.3.0
phpphp
4.3.1
phpphp
4.3.2
phpphp
4.3.3
phpphp
4.3.4
phpphp
4.3.5
phpphp
4.3.6
phpphp
4.3.7
phpphp
4.3.8
phpphp
4.3.9
phpphp
4.3.10
phpphp
4.3.11
phpphp
4.4.0
phpphp
4.4.1
phpphp
4.4.2
phpphp
4.4.3
phpphp
4.4.4
phpphp
4.4.5
phpphp
4.4.6
phpphp
4.4.7
phpphp
4.4.8
phpphp
4.4.9
phpphp
5.0.0
phpphp
5.0.0:beta1
phpphp
5.0.0:beta2
phpphp
5.0.0:beta3
phpphp
5.0.0:beta4
phpphp
5.0.0:rc1
phpphp
5.0.0:rc2
phpphp
5.0.0:rc3
phpphp
5.0.1
phpphp
5.0.2
phpphp
5.0.3
phpphp
5.0.4
phpphp
5.0.5
phpphp
5.1.0
phpphp
5.1.1
phpphp
5.1.2
phpphp
5.1.3
phpphp
5.1.4
phpphp
5.1.5
phpphp
5.1.6
phpphp
5.2.0
phpphp
5.2.1
phpphp
5.2.2
phpphp
5.2.3
phpphp
5.2.4
phpphp
5.2.5
phpphp
5.2.6
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
php4
karmic
dne
jaunty
dne
intrepid
dne
hardy
dne
gutsy
dne
dapper
ignored
php5
karmic
not-affected
jaunty
not-affected
intrepid
Fixed 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1
released
hardy
Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.5
released
gutsy
Fixed 5.2.3-1ubuntu6.5
released
dapper
Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.13
released
References