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critical 9.3

CVE-2006-4482 in the critical feed json

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) str_repeat and (2) wordwrap functions in ext/standard/string.c in PHP before 5.1.5, when us…

published 2006-08-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4470

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) str_repeat and (2) wordwrap functions in ext/standard/string.c in PHP before 5.1.5, when used on a 64-bit system, have unspecified impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1990.

Patch / fix

  • php php 5.1.5
  • php RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-gd RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-dba RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-pdo RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-xml RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-imap RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-ldap RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4
  • php-odbc RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0688RHSA-2006:0669

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-4482 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) php 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-gd 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-dba 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-pdo 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-xml 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-imap 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, +10 more Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) php 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-gd 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-dba 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-pdo 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-xml 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, php-imap 5.1.4-1.el4s1.4, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0688
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-36.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-36.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-36.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-36.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-36.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-36.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-36.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-36.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.18, php-gd 4.3.9-3.18, php-imap 4.3.9-3.18, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.18, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.18, php-pear 4.3.9-3.18, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.18, php-gd 4.3.9-3.18, php-imap 4.3.9-3.18, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.18, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.18, php-pear 4.3.9-3.18, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0669
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-36.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-36.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-36.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-36.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.18, php-gd 4.3.9-3.18, php-imap 4.3.9-3.18, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.18, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.18, php-pear 4.3.9-3.18, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0669
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0682
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-36.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-36.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-36.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-36.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-36.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.18, php-gd 4.3.9-3.18, php-imap 4.3.9-3.18, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.18, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.18, php-pear 4.3.9-3.18, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0669
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0682

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Exploit prediction

6.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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