CVE-2008-5498
N/A
Published: December 26, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
Description
Array index error in the imageRotate function in PHP 5.2.8 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to read the contents of arbitrary memory locations via a crafted value of the third argument (aka the bgd_color or clrBack argument) for an indexed image.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021
References (24)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/33002-2.phpx_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/33002.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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