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CVE-2006-1991

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Description

The substr_compare function in string.c in PHP 5.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory access violation) via an out-of-bounds offset argument.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26003

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1500

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:091

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015979

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/21125

http://secunia.com/advisories/20676

http://secunia.com/advisories/20269

http://secunia.com/advisories/20052

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-04-24

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03931

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