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CVE-2007-1825

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-1825 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the imap_mail_compose function of PHP versions 4 (before 4.4.5) and 5 (before 5.2.1). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long boundary string within a type.parameters field. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29807 · Mar 31, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1038 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-39.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-7.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Stronghold 4.0 for RHEL 2.1ASFixed in: stronghold-php-0:4.1.2-12
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-1825Important

php imap_mail_compose() buffer overflow via type.parameters

Feb 14, 2007

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/33534
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10377
php-security.org / MOPB/MOPB-40-2007.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/23234
Exploit