CVE-2008-1384: php Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1384 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 27-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in PHP 5.2.5 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact via a printf format parameter with a large width specifier, related to the php_sprintf_appendstring function in formatted_print.c and probably other functions for formatted strings (aka *printf functions).
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.14% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (securityreason.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Php1 product
- php≤ 5.2.5
1 vendor · 1 product
References
22 links- cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/NEWS?revision=1.2027.2.547.2.1120&view=markupX Refsource CONFIRM
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176X Refsource CONFIRM
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- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0178X Refsource CONFIRM
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503X Refsource CONFIRM