CVE-2006-4020
N/A
Published: August 8, 2006 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
scanf.c in PHP 5.1.4 and earlier, and 4.4.3 and earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a sscanf PHP function call that performs argument swapping, which increments an index past the end of an array and triggers a buffer over-read.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
4.04.0 beta14.0 beta24.0 beta34.0 beta44.0 beta_4_patch14.0 rc14.0 rc24.0.04.0.14.0.1 patch14.0.1 patch24.0.24.0.34.0.3 patch14.0.44.0.4 patch14.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.7 rc14.0.7 rc24.0.7 rc34.1.04.1.14.1.24.24.2.04.2.14.2.24.2.34.3.04.3.14.3.104.3.114.3.24.3.34.3.44.3.54.3.64.3.74.3.84.3.94.4.04.4.14.4.24.4.35.0 rc15.0 rc25.0 rc35.0.05.0.0 beta15.0.0 beta25.0.0 beta35.0.0 beta45.0.0 rc15.0.0 rc25.0.0 rc35.0.15.0.25.0.35.0.45.0.55.1.05.1.15.1.25.1.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (39)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0736.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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