CVE-2006-1549
PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to cause a crash (segmentation fault) by defining and executing a recursive function. NOTE: it has…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.86%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 41% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 allows local users to cause a crash (segmentation fault) by defining and executing a recursive function. NOTE: it has been reported by a reliable third party that some later versions are also affected.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP 4/5 - Executor Deep Recursion Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29693dos, phppublished 1 Mar 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.86% · top 41% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- php-function-dos(25704) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20060409 function *() php/apache Crash PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22766 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20060408 function *() php/apache Crash PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRESx_transferred
- 20060410 Re: function *() php/apache Crash PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060412 Re: function *() php/apache Crash PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 24485 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060414 Re: Re: function *() php/apache Crash PHP 4.4.2 and 5.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-02-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1550 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1549)Record last updated .