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CVE-2008-2107

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2107 describes a vulnerability in PHP versions 4.x before 4.4.8 and 5.x before 5.2.5 on 32-bit systems, where a flaw in the GENERATE_SEED macro could lead to a predictable zero seed for random number generation. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated attackers to predict subsequent rand and mt_rand function outputs, potentially bypassing security mechanisms. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the underlying weakness in random number generation could have a critical impact on applications relying on its unpredictability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0339 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-48.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.12
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-20.el5_2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2107Low

PHP 32 bit weak random seed

May 6, 2008

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0103.html
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
secunia.com / advisories/30757
secunia.com / advisories/30828
secunia.com / advisories/30967
secunia.com / advisories/31119
secunia.com / advisories/31124
secunia.com / advisories/31200
secunia.com / advisories/32746
secunia.com / advisories/35003
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3859
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42226
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42284
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10644
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1789
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/491683/100/0/threaded
sektioneins.de / advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-628-1