CVE-2008-2829

php: ext/imap legacy routine buffer overflow

Published Jun 23, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP request, which triggers an "rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-2822 php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP request, which triggers an "rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-628-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:14 AM
Reserved
Jun 23, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 23, 2008, 8:41 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:54 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 5, 2007, 12:00 AM