CVE-2007-1285

Exp

The Zend Engine in PHP 4.x before 4.4.7, and 5.x before 5.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and PHP crash) via deeply nested arrays, which trigger deep recursion in the variable destruction routines.

Published: 2007-03-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2007-1285 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 18.16%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +12.48% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-1285

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
29692 exploit_db edb 2007-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1285

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 5.68% 18.16% +12.48%
2 2026-06-07 6.82% 5.68% -1.14%
3 2026-03-30 — 6.82% —

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1285

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1285

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-1285

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2007-1285: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2007-1285
gentoo high CVE-2007-1285: 1 GLSA(s) (200705-19), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/php); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-1285
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1285
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-1285 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1285

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1285

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php php >= 4.0.0, < 4.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
php php >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 7.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux 10.1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1285

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-07/msg00006.html Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0154.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0155.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0163.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24909 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24910 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24924 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24941 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24945 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25445 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26048 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26642 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27864 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28936 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-19.xml Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.335136 Broken Link
http://us2.php.net/releases/4_4_7.php Release Notes
http://us2.php.net/releases/5_2_2.php Release Notes
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:087 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:088 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:089 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:090 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/32769 Broken Link
http://www.php-security.org/MOPB/MOPB-03-2007.html Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php Release Notes
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.2.4 Release Notes
http://www.php.net/releases/4_4_8.php Release Notes
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_4.php Release Notes
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0082.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0162.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466166/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22764 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017771 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-549-2 Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1268 Broken Link
https://launchpad.net/bugs/173043 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11017 Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/549-1/ Broken Link
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