CVE-2007-5898

php htmlentities/htmlspecialchars multibyte sequences

Published Nov 20, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1444-1 New php5 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1444-2 New php5 packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5868 The (1) htmlentities and (2) htmlspecialchars functions in PHP before 5.2.5 accept partial multibyte sequences, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different issue than CVE-2006-5465.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-549-1 PHP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-628-1 PHP vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27648 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27659 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28249 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30040 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30828 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31119 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31124 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018934 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1444 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:125 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:126 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:127 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_5.php cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943 cve-icon cve-icon
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5898 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10080 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5898 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00773.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:47 PM
Reserved
Nov 8, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 20, 2007, 6:46 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:46 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 8, 2007, 12:00 AM