CVE-2006-4812

N/A Unknown
Published: October 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Integer overflow in PHP 5 up to 5.1.6 and 4 before 4.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument to the unserialize PHP function with a large value for the number of array elements, which triggers the overflow in the Zend Engine ecalloc function (Zend/zend_alloc.c).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/ZendEngine2/zend_alloc.c?r1=1.161&r2=1.162
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Oct/0002.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0708.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22280
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22281
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22300
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22331
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22338
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22533
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22538
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22650
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1691
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-234.htm
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-14.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_092006.133.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/files/CVE-2006-4812.patch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448014/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448953/100/0/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20349
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0055
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-362-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3922
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29362
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/ZendEngine2/zend_alloc.c?r1=1.161&r2=1.162
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Oct/0002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0708.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22280
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22281
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22300
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22331
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22533
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22538
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22650
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1691
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-234.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200610-14.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_092006.133.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/files/CVE-2006-4812.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448014/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448953/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20349
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0055
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-362-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3922
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

52 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Affected Vendors

php

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