Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-1375
Published: October 11, 2017 / Updated: June 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110447
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1375
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Integer overflow in the substr_compare function in PHP 5.2.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to read sensitive memory via a large value in the length argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1991.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1375
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 5.2.2
dev-lang/php - addressed in versions 5.2.1-r3, 5.2.2
dev-lang/php - addressed in versions 5.2.1-r3, 5.2.2
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25062
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml
- http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1283
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/32780
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-14-2007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22851
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-455-1
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3424