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CVE-2008-2829

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-06-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

php_imap.c in PHP 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 4.x, and other versions, uses obsolete API calls that allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IMAP request, which triggers an "rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow" error message, related to the rfc822_write_address function.

Affected Platforms

Php PhpCanonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References