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CVE-2007-3998 Details

Description

The wordwrap function in PHP 4 before 4.4.8, and PHP 5 before 5.2.4, does not properly use the breakcharlen variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash, or infinite loop) via certain arguments, as demonstrated by a 'chr(0), 0, ""' argument set.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693	CVE	Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702	CVE	Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26822	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26838	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27377	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30288	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/php-wordwrap-vulnerability/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1693	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1702	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10603	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1578	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0026/	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3023	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
php php	>= 4.0.0, < 4.4.8 >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:php:php:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	3.1 4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 6.10 7.04 7.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 26, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 5, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2007-3998 Details

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