HIGH
php: stack based buffer overflow in FastCGI SAPI
Published May 5, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.44%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the FastCGI SAPI (fastcgi.c) in PHP before 5.2.6 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 5.2.5
- 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
- 5.2.1
- 5.2.2
- 5.2.3
- 5.2.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of PHP shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. We do not consider this issue to be a security flaw for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 since no trust boundary is crossed. More information can be found here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2050
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.44% 0.03441
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03441
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.44% (0.03441) | 88.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.44% (0.03441) | 87.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 31, 2026 | 5.01% (0.05013) | 89.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 6.65% (0.06654) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 4.32% (0.04318) | 88.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 6.65% (0.06654) | 90.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 4.32% (0.04318) | 88.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 6.65% (0.06654) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 4.23% (0.04231) | 88.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.52% (0.05516) | 89.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.95% (0.07950) | 86.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.52% (0.05516) | 89.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 30, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02955) | 90.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01840) | 88.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.23% (0.02228) | 87.74th | 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) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (30)
- http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/sapi/cgi/fastcgi.c?r1=1.44&r2=1.45&diff_format=u x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30048 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30083 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30158 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1572 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.488951 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2050 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445002 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42133 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2050
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2050
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 2, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2050
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a