#VU110331 Information disclosure in PHP - CVE-2008-5498

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#VU110331 Information disclosure in PHP - CVE-2008-5498

Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: June 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110331
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5498
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Array index error in the imageRotate function in PHP 5.2.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to read the contents of arbitrary memory locations via a crafted value of the third argument (aka the bgd_color or clrBack argument) for an indexed image.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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