CVE-2007-4887

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2007-4887 · Published 14/09/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4887 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting php (php).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
php php	`≤ 5.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

docs.info.apple.com/article.html
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/27102
secunia.com/advisories/27659
secunia.com/advisories/28750
secunia.com/advisories/29420
secunia.com/advisories/30040
securityreason.com/securityalert/3133
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
php.net/releases/5_2_5.php
securityfocus.com/archive/1/478985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/478988/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/26403
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3825
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0398
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5767

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