Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
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Published : 2008-12-23 18:30
Updated : 2024-02-04 17:33
NVD link : CVE-2008-5557
Mitre link : CVE-2008-5557
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-5557
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Products Affected
php
- php
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer