CVE-2007-4784

Description

The setlocale function in PHP before 5.2.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the locale parameter. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless this issue can be demonstrated for code execution.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.39% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478627/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36458 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/38687 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3114 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4784?
CVE-2007-4784 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-4784?
To fix CVE-2007-4784, 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-2007-4784 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-4784 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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