php crash caused by sprintf() integer overflow
Published Mar 27, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.14%
Description
Integer overflow in PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact via a printf format parameter with a large width specifier, related to the php_sprintf_appendstring function in formatted_print.c and probably other functions for formatted strings (aka *printf functions).
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat do not consider this to be a security vulnerability: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1384
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02139) | 81.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02139) | 79.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 28, 2025 | 1.96% (0.01957) | 82.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.67% (0.04666) | 81.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.49% (0.03488) | 86.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.21% (0.02206) | 89.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 1.62% (0.01622) | 87.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 1.94% (0.01937) | 87.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 2.00% (0.02002) | 87.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.86% (0.01856) | 86.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (26)
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?revision=1.2027.2.547.2.1120&view=markup x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30158 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30411 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/52 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESExploit
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1572 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489962/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492671/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28392 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1384 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439298 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41386 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1384
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1384
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