Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 14, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4887
CVE-2007-4887
Description
The dl function in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the library parameter. NOTE: there are limited usage scenarios under which this would be a vulnerability.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xmlnvd
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- www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.phpnvd
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