CVE-2008-5557 Details
Heap-based buffer overflow in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c in the mbstring extension in PHP 4.3.0 through 5.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string containing an HTML entity, which is not properly handled during Unicode conversion, related to the (1) mb_convert_encoding, (2) mb_check_encoding, (3) mb_convert_variables, and (4) mb_parse_str functions.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5557
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
29.7 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (96th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2008-5557
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
10 Critical
Products affected by CVE-2008-5557
php 5.2.5
php 5.2.6
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CVE-2008-5557 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 42,658 19.04%
DE 39,869 17.80%
FR 33,976 15.17%
KR 17,813 7.95%
JP 14,754 6.59%
TW 14,503 6.47%
IT 8,416 3.76%
RU 4,960 2.21%
CA 4,571 2.04%
HU 3,189 1.42%

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CVE-2008-5557 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Telecommunications 84,483 62.02%
Technology 47,537 34.90%
Education 969 0.71%
Business Services 629 0.46%
Utilities 626 0.46%
Media/Entertainment 510 0.37%
Government/Politics 439 0.32%
Consumer Goods 306 0.22%
Retail 174 0.13%
Energy/Resources 85 0.06%

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