CVE-2007-2872 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.88% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-189 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-06-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHP 5.1.6 - 'Chunk_Split()' Integer Overflow | 2007-05-31 |
References
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26048
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26871
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27037
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27377
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