Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2007-0908
Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: June 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110461
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-2007-0908
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.
The WDDX deserializer in the wddx extension in PHP 5 before 5.2.1 and PHP 4 before 4.4.5 does not properly initialize the key_length variable for a numerical key, which allows context-dependent attackers to read stack memory via a wddxPacket element that contains a variable with a string name before a numerical variable.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2007-0908
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 4.0.1
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
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html
- http://osvdb.org/32766
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24089
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24236
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24248
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24295
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24514
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24606
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24642
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2321
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:048
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.1
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-11-2007.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22496
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22806
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017671
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0546
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32493
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1088
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11185