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CVE-2007-1286

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CVE-2007-1286 is an integer overflow vulnerability affecting PHP 4.4.4 and earlier versions. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted long string to the unserialize function, which triggers an overflow in the ZVAL reference counter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
40.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: PHP 4 unserialize() ZVAL Reference Counter Overflow (Cookie) · Mar 4, 2007
ExploitDB: EDB-16310 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4043 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.17
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-40.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for RHEL 2.1ASFixed in: stronghold-php-0:4.1.2-15
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-1286Important

security flaw

Mar 2, 2007

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0154.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0155.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0163.html
secunia.com / advisories/24419
secunia.com / advisories/24606
secunia.com / advisories/24910
secunia.com / advisories/24924
secunia.com / advisories/24941
secunia.com / advisories/24945
secunia.com / advisories/25025
secunia.com / advisories/25062
secunia.com / advisories/25423
secunia.com / advisories/25445
secunia.com / advisories/25850
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/32796
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1268
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11575
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1282
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1283
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 32771
php-security.org / MOPB/MOPB-04-2007.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/466166/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/22765
trustix.org / errata/2007/0009
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/1991
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2374