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CVE-2006-4482

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) str_repeat and (2) wordwrap functions in ext/standard/string.c in PHP before 5.1.5, when used on a 64-bit system, have unspecified impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1990.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 5.04, 5.10, 6.06
• Debian Linux: 3.1
• PHP: before 5.1.5 — fixed in 5.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.c?r1=1.445.2.14.2.10&r2=1.445.2.14.2.11
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21546
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21768
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22004
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22039
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22069
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22225
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22440
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22538

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