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Integer overflow in the zip_read_entry function in PHP 4 before 4.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains an entry with a length value of 0xffffffff, which is incremented before use in an emalloc call, triggering a heap overflow

Published Mar 30, 2007

Description

Integer overflow in the zip_read_entry function in PHP 4 before 4.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains an entry with a length value of 0xffffffff, which is incremented before use in an emalloc call, triggering a heap overflow.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. The zip extension was not distributed with PHP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, Stronghold 4.0, or Red Hat Application Stack 1.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 30, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 29, 2007
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a