--- title: "CVE-2007-1381\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1381?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-1381 Publication date 10 March 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The wddx\_deserialize function in wddx.c 1.119.2.10.2.12 and 1.119.2.10.2.13 in PHP 5, as modified in CVS on 20070224 and fixed on 20070304, calls strlcpy where strlcat was intended and uses improper arguments, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a WDDX packet with a malformed overlap of a STRING element, which triggers a buffer overflow. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | php5 | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1381) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1381) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-1381) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1381) ### Other references *