CVE-2007-6039

Exp

PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in (1) the domain parameter to the dgettext function, the message parameter to the (2) dcgettext or (3) gettext function, the msgid1 parameter to the (4) dngettext or (5) ngettext function, or (6) the classname parameter to the stream_wrapper_register function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless this issue can be demonstrated for code execution.

Published: 2007-11-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6039 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6039

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30760 exploit_db edb 2007-11-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6039

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 0.39% 1.03% +0.64%
2 2026-03-28 0.34% 0.39% +0.06%
3 2025-12-28 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6039

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6039

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6039

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6039
ubuntu negligible CVE-2007-6039 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): ignored 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6039

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-6039

  • Red Hat (2007-12-06T00:00:00)

    Red Hat doesn’t consider this a security issue. The arguments to the functions in question should always be under the control of the script author, rather than untrusted script input, so these issues would not be treated as security-sensitive.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
php php <= 5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6039

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