CVE-2008-5557
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 23, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 15, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- HPSBUX02465vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- SSRT090085vendor-advisory
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c?r1=1.7&r2=1.8
- FEDORA-2009-3768vendor-advisory
- 20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 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-xslmailing-list
- 20081221 CVE-2008-5557 - PHP mbstring buffer overflowmailing-list
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- 34642third-party-advisory
- 1021482vdb-entry
- 35074third-party-advisory
- HPSBMA02492vendor-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:004vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:008vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:0350vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2009-3848vendor-advisory
- 35003third-party-advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
- TA09-133Athird-party-advisory
- php-multibyte-bo(47525)vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2009:045vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-1297vdb-entry
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45722
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10286vdb-entrysignature
- 35306third-party-advisory
- 35650third-party-advisory
- 32948vdb-entry
- DSA-1789vendor-advisory
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