php crash in setlocale() function
Published Sep 10, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.54%
Description
The setlocale function in PHP before 5.2.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the locale parameter. 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
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider this to be a security issue. For more information please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169857#c1 and https://www.php.net/security-note.php
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:N/I:N/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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02545) | 84.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02545) | 82.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.39% (0.01389) | 78.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.76% (0.02759) | 76.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.39% (0.01389) | 79.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.58% (0.02584) | 90.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 2.58% (0.02584) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 3.49% (0.03490) | 91.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 2.37% (0.02367) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 12, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01683) | 87.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | 1.15% (0.01146) | 83.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.97% (0.00970) | 81.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 84.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 82.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 65.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/38687 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3114 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478627/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4784 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285901 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36458 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4784
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4784
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://osvdb.org/38687 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3114 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478627/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4784 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285901 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36458 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4784 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4784 |
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