{"id":"CVE-2008-3659","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Buffer overflow in the memnstr function in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.6 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly exe","description":"Buffer overflow in the memnstr function in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.6 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the delimiter argument to the explode function.  NOTE: the scope of this issue is limited since most applications would not use an attacker-controlled delimiter, but local attacks against safe_mode are feasible.","publishedAt":"2008-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T09:45:18.989Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020995","http://secunia.com/advisories/32746","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2","http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/31982","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:024","http://osvdb.org/47483","http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035","http://secunia.com/advisories/35074","http://secunia.com/advisories/32148","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44405","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297","http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/4","http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1647","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/3","http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1","http://news.php.net/php.cvs/52002","http://secunia.com/advisories/35650","http://secunia.com/advisories/32316"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:57.222Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/3xxx/CVE-2008-3659.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-3659","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-08-15T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T09:45:18.989Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2008-08-12T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Buffer overflow in the memnstr function in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.6 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the delimiter argument to the explode function.  NOTE: the scope of this issue is limited since most applications would not use an attacker-controlled delimiter, but local attacks against safe_mode are feasible."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020995","name":"1020995","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32746","name":"32746","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2","name":"HPSBUX02465","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP"]},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml","name":"GLSA-200811-05","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","name":"SSRT090085","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31982","name":"31982","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded","name":"20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:024","name":"MDVSA-2009:024","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/47483","name":"47483","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35074","name":"35074","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2","name":"SSRT090192","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32148","name":"32148","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","name":"APPLE-SA-2009-05-12","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_APPLE"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:018","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:021","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023","name":"MDVSA-2009:023","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022","name":"MDVSA-2009:022","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44405","name":"php-memnstr-bo(44405)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html","name":"TA09-133A","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8","name":"[oss-security] 20080813 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297","name":"ADV-2009-1297","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021","name":"MDVSA-2009:021","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","name":"HPSBUX02431","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/4","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1647","name":"DSA-1647","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336","name":"ADV-2008-2336","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/3","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://news.php.net/php.cvs/52002","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35650","name":"35650","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32316","name":"32316","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2008-08-08T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2008-3659","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Buffer overflow in the memnstr function in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.6 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the delimiter argument to the explode function.  NOTE: the scope of this issue is limited since most applications would not use an attacker-controlled delimiter, but local attacks against safe_mode are feasible."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1020995","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020995"},{"name":"32746","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32746"},{"name":"HPSBUX02465","refsource":"HP","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2"},{"name":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549"},{"name":"GLSA-200811-05","refsource":"GENTOO","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml"},{"name":"SSRT090085","refsource":"HP","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2"},{"name":"31982","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31982"},{"name":"20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"MDVSA-2009:024","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:024"},{"name":"47483","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://osvdb.org/47483"},{"name":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035"},{"name":"35074","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35074"},{"name":"SSRT090192","refsource":"HP","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2"},{"name":"32148","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32148"},{"name":"APPLE-SA-2009-05-12","refsource":"APPLE","url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20080808 CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:018","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html"},{"name":"SUSE-SR:2008:021","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html"},{"name":"MDVSA-2009:023","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023"},{"name":"MDVSA-2009:022","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022"},{"name":"php-memnstr-bo(44405)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44405"},{"name":"TA09-133A","refsource":"CERT","url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20080813 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8"},{"name":"ADV-2009-1297","refsource":"VUPEN","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297"},{"name":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102"},{"name":"MDVSA-2009:021","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021"},{"name":"HPSBUX02431","refsource":"HP","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/4"},{"name":"DSA-1647","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1647"},{"name":"ADV-2008-2336","refsource":"VUPEN","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/3"},{"name":"http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1"},{"name":"http://news.php.net/php.cvs/52002","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://news.php.net/php.cvs/52002"},{"name":"35650","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35650"},{"name":"32316","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32316"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020995","name":"1020995","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32746","name":"32746","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2","name":"HPSBUX02465","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml","name":"GLSA-200811-05","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","name":"SSRT090085","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31982","name":"31982","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded","name":"20090302 rPSA-2009-0035-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:024","name":"MDVSA-2009:024","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/47483","name":"47483","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35074","name":"35074","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2","name":"SSRT090192","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32148","name":"32148","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html","name":"APPLE-SA-2009-05-12","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_APPLE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:018","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:021","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023","name":"MDVSA-2009:023","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022","name":"MDVSA-2009:022","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44405","name":"php-memnstr-bo(44405)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html","name":"TA09-133A","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8","name":"[oss-security] 20080813 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297","name":"ADV-2009-1297","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021","name":"MDVSA-2009:021","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2","name":"HPSBUX02431","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/4","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1647","name":"DSA-1647","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336","name":"ADV-2008-2336","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/3","name":"[oss-security] 20080808 Re: CVE request: php-5.2.6 overflow issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://news.php.net/php.cvs/52002","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35650","name":"35650","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32316","name":"32316","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T09:45:18.989Z"}}]}}}