Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-4783
Published: October 15, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110365
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0:
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-4783
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause (1) a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the charset parameter, probably also requiring a long string in the str parameter; or (2) a denial of service (temporary application hang) via a long string in the str parameter.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-4783
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/38917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3115
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478637/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943