CVE-2007-6039

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in (1) the domain parameter to the dgettext function, the message parameter to the (2) dcgettext or (3) gettext function, the msgid1 parameter to the (4) dngettext or (5) ngettext function, or (6) the classname parameter to the stream_wrapper_register function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless this issue can be demonstrated for code execution.

Affected products

PHP: through 5.2.4

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3365
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3366
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483644/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483648/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26426
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26428
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38442
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38443
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3365
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3366
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483644/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483648/100/0/threaded

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