CVE-2006-4482 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-4482?

CVE-2006-4482 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 31 Aug 2006.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4482?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4482?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-4482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-4482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jxvq-9v75-wqch.