FKIE_CVE-2009-4142

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-21 16:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:13
Severity
Summary
The htmlspecialchars function in PHP before 5.2.12 does not properly handle (1) overlong UTF-8 sequences, (2) invalid Shift_JIS sequences, and (3) invalid EUC-JP sequences, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by placing a crafted byte sequence before a special character.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49785
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37821Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38648
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40262
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1023372Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2001
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37389Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10005
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7085
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49785
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37821Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/38648
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1023372Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2001
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_12.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37389Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3593Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10005
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7085
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
php php *
php php 1.0
php php 2.0
php php 2.0b10
php php 3.0
php php 3.0.1
php php 3.0.2
php php 3.0.3
php php 3.0.4
php php 3.0.5
php php 3.0.6
php php 3.0.7
php php 3.0.8
php php 3.0.9
php php 3.0.10
php php 3.0.11
php php 3.0.12
php php 3.0.13
php php 3.0.14
php php 3.0.15
php php 3.0.16
php php 3.0.17
php php 3.0.18
php php 4
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0
php php 4.0.0
php php 4.0.1
php php 4.0.1
php php 4.0.1
php php 4.0.2
php php 4.0.3
php php 4.0.3
php php 4.0.4
php php 4.0.4
php php 4.0.5
php php 4.0.6
php php 4.0.7
php php 4.0.7
php php 4.0.7
php php 4.0.7
php php 4.0.7
php php 4.1.0
php php 4.1.1
php php 4.1.2
php php 4.2
php php 4.2.0
php php 4.2.1
php php 4.2.2
php php 4.2.3
php php 4.3.0
php php 4.3.1
php php 4.3.2
php php 4.3.3
php php 4.3.4
php php 4.3.5
php php 4.3.6
php php 4.3.7
php php 4.3.8
php php 4.3.9
php php 4.3.10
php php 4.3.11
php php 4.4.0
php php 4.4.1
php php 4.4.2
php php 4.4.3
php php 4.4.4
php php 4.4.5
php php 4.4.6
php php 4.4.7
php php 4.4.8
php php 4.4.9
php php 5
php php 5.0
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php php 5.0.2
php php 5.0.3
php php 5.0.4
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php php 5.1.0
php php 5.1.1
php php 5.1.3
php php 5.1.4
php php 5.1.5
php php 5.1.6
php php 5.2.0
php php 5.2.1
php php 5.2.2
php php 5.2.3
php php 5.2.4
php php 5.2.5
php php 5.2.6
php php 5.2.8
php php 5.2.9
php php 5.2.10

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