CVE-2008-3658
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in ext/gd/gd.c in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.2 before 5.2.6-r6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3644)
- Published
- August 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3644 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
- php / php
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234102
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://news.php.net/php.cvs/51219(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/47484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31982
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32148
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35306
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0035
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1647
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:021
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:022
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:024
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/08/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/13/8
- http://www.php.net/archive/2008.php#id2008-08-07-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498647/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501376/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30649
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3275
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44401
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9724
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01451.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01465.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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