Description
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.
Published: 2008-12-23
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 29.7% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1789-1 New php5 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-720-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0477.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45722 cve-icon cve-icon
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c?r1=1.7&r2=1.8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35003 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35306 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021482 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:045 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32948 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47525 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5557 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10286 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5557 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.251Z

Reserved: 2008-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5557

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-23T18:30:03.313

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5557

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5557 - Bugzilla

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