CVE-2009-4142

EUVD-2009-4112
The htmlspecialchars function in PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle (1) overlong UTF-8 sequences, (2) invalid Shift_JIS sequences, and (3) invalid EUC-JP sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by placing a crafted byte sequence before a special character.
Cross-site Scripting
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
4.3 UNKNOWN
NETWORK
MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 94%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
phpphp
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≤ 5.2.11
phpphp
1.0
phpphp
2.0
phpphp
2.0b10:b10
phpphp
3.0
phpphp
3.0.1
phpphp
3.0.2
phpphp
3.0.3
phpphp
3.0.4
phpphp
3.0.5
phpphp
3.0.6
phpphp
3.0.7
phpphp
3.0.8
phpphp
3.0.9
phpphp
3.0.10
phpphp
3.0.11
phpphp
3.0.12
phpphp
3.0.13
phpphp
3.0.14
phpphp
3.0.15
phpphp
3.0.16
phpphp
3.0.17
phpphp
3.0.18
phpphp
4.0
phpphp
4.0:beta_4_patch1
phpphp
4.0:beta1
phpphp
4.0:beta2
phpphp
4.0:beta3
phpphp
4.0:beta4
phpphp
4.0:rc1
phpphp
4.0:rc2
phpphp
4.0.0
phpphp
4.0.1
phpphp
4.0.1:patch1
phpphp
4.0.1:patch2
phpphp
4.0.2
phpphp
4.0.3
phpphp
4.0.3:patch1
phpphp
4.0.4
phpphp
4.0.4:patch1
phpphp
4.0.5
phpphp
4.0.6
phpphp
4.0.7
phpphp
4.0.7:rc1
phpphp
4.0.7:rc2
phpphp
4.0.7:rc3
phpphp
4.0.7:rc4
phpphp
4.1.0
phpphp
4.1.1
phpphp
4.1.2
phpphp
4.2
phpphp
4.2.0
phpphp
4.2.1
phpphp
4.2.2
phpphp
4.2.3
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:rc1
phpphp
5.0:rc2
phpphp
5.0:rc3
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
5.1.3
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
phpphp
5.2.8
phpphp
5.2.9
phpphp
5.2.10
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
php5
dapper
Fixed 5.1.2-1ubuntu3.18
released
hardy
Fixed 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10
released
intrepid
Fixed 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.6
released
jaunty
Fixed 5.2.6.dfsg.1-3ubuntu4.5
released
karmic
Fixed 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.4
released