CVE-2006-5465

Description

Buffer overflow in PHP before 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 inputs to the (1) htmlentities or (2) htmlspecialchars functions.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 44.55% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22881	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017152	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4749	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450431/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0731.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22759	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1546	vdb entry
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1206	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22693	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23247	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22653	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22688	third party advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453024/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451098/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22713	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4317	vdb entry
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_132006.138.html
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a008082c4fe.html	vendor advisory
http://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-761
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_67_php.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29971	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:196	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25047	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017296	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22779	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0730.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20879	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-375-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-air-20070425-http.shtml	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.028.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22753	third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-245.htm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10240	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/23139	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.html	vendor advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_0.php

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5465?: CVE-2006-5465 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5465?: To fix CVE-2006-5465, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5465 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5465 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~45% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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