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CVE-2008-7068

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7068 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the dba_replace function of PHP versions 5.2.6 and 4.x. An attacker can cause file truncation by providing a key containing a NULL byte, potentially leading to data loss. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but resulting in partial impact to integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta_4_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-7068Low

php: dba_replace() file corruption vulnerability

Nov 28, 2008

References

cvs.php.net / viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/58
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47316
osvdb.org / 52206
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498746/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498981/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498982/100/0/threaded