Is CVE-2006-4482 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-4482 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-4482?

CVE-2006-4482 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-4482

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.1%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 6.1% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-4470)
Published: August 31, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4470 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
php / php

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc(Broken Link)
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/standard/string.c?r1=1.445.2.14.2.10&r2=1.445.2.14.2.11(Broken Link, Patch)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21546(Not Applicable, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21768(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22004(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22039(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22069(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22225(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22440(Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22538(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22713(Not Applicable)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-221.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-222.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1206(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html(Broken Link)
http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php(Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0669.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0682.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447866/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19582(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-342-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3318(Permissions Required)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-683(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10121(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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