Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-1383
Published: April 3, 2025 / Updated: June 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110453
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-1383
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 execute arbitrary code.
Integer overflow in the 16 bit variable reference counter in PHP 4 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by overflowing this counter, which causes the same variable to be destroyed twice, a related issue to CVE-2007-1286.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2007-1383
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 4.0.0
dev-lang/php - update to 5.2.1-r3
dev-lang/php - update to 5.2.1-r3
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25056
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/32770
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-01-2007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22765