CVE-2007-1709

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the confirm_phpdoc_compiled function in the phpDOC extension (PECL phpDOC) in PHP 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument string.

Affected products

PHP: 5.2.1

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/php521_phpdoc_bof.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2512
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463843/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23124
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33236
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3576
http://retrogod.altervista.org/php521_phpdoc_bof.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2512
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463843/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23124
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33236
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3576

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