CVE-2006-0097

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the create_named_pipe function in libmysql.c in PHP 4.3.10 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 for Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) arg_host or (2) arg_unix_socket argument, as demonstrated by a long named pipe variable in the host argument to the mysql_connect function.

Affected products

PHP: 4.3.10, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0274.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041013.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18275
http://www.osvdb.org/22232
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420986/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16145
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0046
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0274.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041013.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18275
http://www.osvdb.org/22232

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