CVE-2006-5465 Memory corruption in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5465 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-5465 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 4 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Php Php. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5465/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5465/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 inputs to PHP's htmlentities or htmlspecialchars functions due to a buffer overflow.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5465?
CVE-2006-5465 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 4 Nov 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in PHP before 5.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted UTF-8 inputs to the (1) htmlentities or (2) htmlspecialchars functions.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5465?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-mysql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-odbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-pgsql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-mysql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-odbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-pgsql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-mysql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-odbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-pgsql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-manual Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-mysql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-odbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php-pgsql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:4.1.2-2.13 |
php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-imap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-mysql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-odbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
php-pgsql Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:4.3.2-37.ent |
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5465?
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-2006-5465 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6vhv-2cm2-pw8c, RHSA-2006:0730, RHSA-2006:0731.