CVE-2008-5557 (GCVE-0-2008-5557)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-23 18:13 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:56
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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"url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10286"
},
{
"name": "35306",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35306"
},
{
"name": "SSRT100079",
"refsource": "HP",
"url": "http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444"
},
{
"name": "35650",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35650"
},
{
"name": "32948",
"refsource": "BID",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948"
},
{
"name": "DSA-1789",
"refsource": "DEBIAN",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2008-5557",
"datePublished": "2008-12-23T18:13:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2008-12-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:56:47.251Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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