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PHP 4 multiple function buffer overflows
Published: 22.12.2008
Source: FULL-DISCLOSURE
SecurityVulns ID: 9537
Type: library
Level: 6/10
Description: Buffer overflows in mb_* functions.

Affected: PHP : PHP 4.3
CVE: CVE-2008-5557 (Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.)

Original document Moriyoshi Koizumi, [Full-disclosure] CVE-2008-5557 - PHP mbstring buffer overflow vulnerability (22.12.2008)

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