# CVE-2007-4840: PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out\_c

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a long string in the out_charset parameter to the iconv function; or a long string in the charset parameter to the (2) iconv_mime_decode_headers, (3) iconv_mime_decode, or (4) iconv_strlen function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability in most web server environments that support multiple threads, unless these issues can be demonstrated for code execution.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28658
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478730/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27659
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3122
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491693/100/0/threaded
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27102
- http://osvdb.org/38916

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