Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-3998

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.
Published 2007-09-04 18:17:00
Updated 2018-10-26 13:59:58
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2007-3998

Threat overview for CVE-2007-3998

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2007-3998
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2007-3998 24,373
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3998

EPSS FAQ
2.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-3998

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2007-3998

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2007-3998

  • Red Hat 2007-09-05
    This issue did not affect the versions of PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.

References for CVE-2007-3998

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