CVE-2007-1399
Stack-based buffer overflow in the zip:// URL wrapper in PECL ZIP 1.8.3 and earlier, as bundled with PHP 5.2.0 and 5.2.1, allows remote…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 20.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the zip:// URL wrapper in PECL ZIP 1.8.3 and earlier, as bundled with PHP 5.2.0 and 5.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long zip:// URL, as demonstrated by actively triggering URL access from a remote PHP interpreter via avatar upload or blog pingback.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- PHP 5.2.0 / PHP with PECL ZIP 1.8.3 - 'zip://' URL Wrapper Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3440local, linuxpublished 9 Mar 2007Verified
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 20.1% · top 2.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-16-2007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24514 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32782 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 22883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-1330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24471 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- pecl-url-wrapper-bo(32889) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 25938 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2007-1395 (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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