FKIE_CVE-2007-4887
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-14 00:17 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
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Summary
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.
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