CVE-2007-1717

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mail function in PHP 4.0.0 through 4.4.6 and 5.0.0 through 5.2.1 truncates e-mail messages at the first ASCIIZ ('\0') byte, which might allow context-dependent attackers to prevent intended information from being delivered in e-mail messages. NOTE: this issue might be security-relevant in cases when the trailing contents of e-mail messages are important, such as logging information or if the message is expected to be well-formed.

Affected products

PHP: 4.0, 4.0-beta_4_patch1, 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta2, 4.0-beta3, 4.0-beta4 (+69)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25056
http://secunia.com/advisories/25445
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml
http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php
http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_32_php.html
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-33-2007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23146
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159

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