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CVE-2007-4662

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4662 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the php_openssl_make_REQ function in PHP versions prior to 5.2.4. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0338 is in the 78th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-4662

php buffer overflow in php_openssl_make_REQ

References

secunia.com / advisories/26642
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26822
secunia.com / advisories/26838
secunia.com / advisories/27102
secunia.com / advisories/27377
secunia.com / advisories/27864
secunia.com / advisories/28249
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36390
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1693
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1702
launchpad.net / bugs/173043
usn.ubuntu.com / 549-1
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1444
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
php.net / releases/5_2_4.php
Patch
trustix.org / errata/2007/0026
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-549-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3023