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CVE-2007-2872

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-2872 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the chunk_split function in PHP versions 5 prior to 5.2.3 and 4 prior to 4.4.8. These flaws can be triggered remotely by manipulating the chunks, srclen, and chunklen arguments. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and can lead to a denial of service (crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-30117) detailing an integer overflow in PHP 5.1.6, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-30117 · May 31, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0888 is in the 94th 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-15.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.19
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-43.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-2872Moderate

php chunk_split integer overflow

Jun 1, 2007

References

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h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
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lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
osvdb.org / 36083
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25456
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25535
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26048
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26231
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26838
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26871
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26895
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26930
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26967
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27037
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27102
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27110
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27351
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27377
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27545
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27864
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28318
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28658
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28750
secunia.com / advisories/28936
secunia.com / advisories/30040
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39398
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slackware.com / security/viewer.php
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usn.ubuntu.com / 549-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00397.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openpkg.com / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.020.html
php.net / ChangeLog-4.php
php.net / releases/4_4_8.php
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Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0888.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
sec-consult.com / 291.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/470244/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24261
securitytracker.com / id
trustix.org / errata/2007/0023
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-549-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2061
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3386
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0059
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0398