--- title: "CVE-2007-1885\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-2007-1885?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-1885 Publication date 6 April 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Integer overflow in the str\_replace function in PHP 4 before 4.4.5 and PHP 5 before 5.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a single character search string in conjunction with a long replacement string, which overflows a 32 bit length counter. NOTE: this is probably the same issue as CVE-2007-0906.6. ## 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-2007-1885) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1885) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-1885) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1885) ### Other references *