CVE-2007-4840

NameCVE-2007-4840
DescriptionPHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2) iconv_mime_decode_headers, (3) iconv_mime_decode, or (4) iconv_strlen function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless these issues can be demonstrated for code execution.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
glibc (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.19-18+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)2.24-11+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.24-11+deb9u7fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.28-10+deb10u4fixed
bullseye2.31-13+deb11u11fixed
bullseye (security)2.31-13+deb11u10fixed
bookworm2.36-9+deb12u8fixed
bookworm (security)2.36-9+deb12u7fixed
sid, trixie2.40-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
glibcsource(unstable)2.7-1unimportant

Notes

Original PHP issue only triggerable by malicious script

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