CVE-2007-0906

Multiple buffer overflows in PHP before 5.2.1 allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in the (1) session, (2) zip, (3) imap, and (4) sqlite extensions; (5) stream filters; and the (6) str_replace, (7) mail, (8) ibase_delete_user, (9) ibase_add_user, and (10) ibase_modify_user functions. NOTE: vector 6 might actually be an integer overflow (CVE-2007-1885). NOTE: as of 20070411, vector (3) might involve the imap_mail_compose function (CVE-2007-1825).

Published: 2007-02-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0906 is rated High Risk (65.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.49%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0906

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.83% 5.49% +3.66%
2 2026-06-07 2.17% 1.83% -0.33%
3 2025-12-28 2.17%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0906

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0906

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0906

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-0906: 1 GLSA(s) (200703-21), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/php); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0906
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0906
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0906 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0906

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0906

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php php 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 3.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.1:patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.3:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.0.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2:*:dev:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 4.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0906

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-07/msg00006.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0003.html
http://osvdb.org/34706
http://osvdb.org/34707
http://osvdb.org/34708
http://osvdb.org/34709
http://osvdb.org/34710
http://osvdb.org/34711
http://osvdb.org/34712
http://osvdb.org/34713
http://osvdb.org/34714
http://osvdb.org/34715
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0089.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24089 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24195 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24217 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24236 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24248 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24295 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24322 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24419 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24421 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24432 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24514 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24606 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24642 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24945 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26048 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-21.xml
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-101.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-136.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:048
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.010.html
http://www.osvdb.org/32776
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.1
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_1.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0076.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0081.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0088.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461462/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466166/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22496 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017671
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0009/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-424-2
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1264
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0546
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1088
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1268
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8992
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