Integer overflow in the msg_receive function in PHP 4 before 4.4.5 and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, on FreeBSD and possibly other platforms, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain maxsize values, as demonstrated by 0xffffffff
Published Apr 6, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.84%
Description
Integer overflow in the msg_receive function in PHP 4 before 4.4.5 and PHP 5 before 5.2.1, on FreeBSD and possibly other platforms, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain maxsize values, as demonstrated by 0xffffffff.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.7
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.3.6
- 4.3.7
- 4.3.8
- 4.3.9
- 4.3.10
- 4.3.11
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.5
- 5.1.6
- 5.2.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The PHP interpreter does not offer a reliable "sandboxed" security layer (as found in, say, a JVM) in which untrusted scripts can be run; any script run by the PHP interpreter must be trusted with the privileges of the interpreter itself. We therefore do not classify this issue as security-sensitive since no trust boundary is crossed.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.84% (0.07836) | 94.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.84% (0.07836) | 93.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 5.06% (0.05063) | 89.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.37% (0.03367) | 86.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.61% (0.05614) | 83.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.37% (0.03367) | 86.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00913) | 83.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00824) | 81.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00824) | 79.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 79.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 87.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 86.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.27% (0.04266) | 69.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-43-2007.html x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23236 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1890 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33775 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1890
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1890
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-43-2007.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23236 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1890 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1890 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1890 |
Change history (0)
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