CVE-2007-4840 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting PHP versions 5.2.4 and earlier. Attackers can trigger an application crash by supplying excessively long strings to the out_charset parameter of the iconv function, or the charset parameter of iconv_mime_decode_headers, iconv_mime_decode, or iconv_strlen functions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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