CVE-2007-2728
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
The soap extension in PHP calls php_rand_r with an uninitialized seed variable, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, a related issue to the mcrypt_create_iv issue covered by CVE-2007-2727. Note: The PHP team argue that this is not a valid security issue.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2720)
- Published
- May 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2720 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 29, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- php / php
References
- http://blog.php-security.org/archives/80-Watching-the-PHP-CVS.html(Broken Link)
- http://osvdb.org/36086(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25306(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26102(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26895(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-485-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1839(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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