# CVE-2007-6039: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can crash PHP applications by passing long strings to specific gettext or stream wrapper functions, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Nov 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7cwp-w3cq-m996

## What is CVE-2007-6039?

CVE-2007-6039 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 20 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6039?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Php Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-6039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-6039 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6039 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PHP 5.2.5 - Multiple GetText functions Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Php Php

- [CVE-2012-2688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2688/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2376/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3268/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-4143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4143/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-5557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5557/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-6039 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-6039 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 20 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-6039 exists.

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-2007-6039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-6039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6039

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