Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4661
CVE-2007-4661
Description
The chunk_split function in string.c in PHP 5.2.3 does not properly calculate the needed buffer size due to precision loss when performing integer arithmetic with floating point numbers, which has unknown attack vectors and impact, possibly resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2872.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
14- secunia.com/advisories/26642nvdPatch
- www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.phpnvdPatch
- cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.cnvdExploit
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26838nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27102nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27864nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28658nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlnvd
- www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702nvd
- launchpad.net/bugs/173043nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/nvd
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