cve-2008-5557
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-23 18:13
Modified
2024-08-07 10:56
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0477.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45722Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c?r1=1.7&r2=1.8Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34642
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35003
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35074
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35306
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35650
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1021482
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47525
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10286
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
Impacted products
n/an/a
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