CVE-2008-3658

Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in ext/gd/gd.c in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5...

7.5 HighFix available

Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in ext/gd/gd.c in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5.2 before 5.2.6-r6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

Exploit likelihood

6.85%Up 2.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2008-3658
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2008-3658
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-3644 No score

Record: EUVD-2008-3644
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h9rq-6vm6-3pm5 No score

Buffer overflow in the imageloadfont function in ext/gd/gd.c in PHP 4.4.x before 4.4.9 and PHP 5...

Record: GHSA-h9rq-6vm6-3pm5
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`php5` Debian:4.0	before 5.2.0-8+etch13, plus listed versions 5.2.0-8+etch15.2.0-8+etch105.2.0-8+etch115.2.0-8+etch11~p15.2.0-8+etch3 Show 7 moreShow less 5.2.0-8+etch45.2.0-8+etch5~pu15.2.0-8+etch65.2.0-8+etch75.2.0-8+etch85.2.0-8+etch95.2.0-8+etch9~bpo31+1	5.2.0-8+etch13
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.2-51.ent	0:4.3.2-51.ent
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-domxml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-domxml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-domxml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-domxml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pear` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	before 0:4.3.9-3.22.15	0:4.3.9-3.22.15
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-bcmath` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-cli` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-dba` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-pdo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-soap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-xml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-bcmath` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-cli` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-common` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-dba` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-gd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-imap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-ldap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-mysql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-odbc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-pdo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-snmp` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-soap` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-xml` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3	0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3
`php` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-bcmath` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-cli` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-common` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-dba` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-devel` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-gd` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-imap` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-ldap` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-mbstring` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-mysql` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-ncurses` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-odbc` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-pdo` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-pgsql` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-snmp` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-soap` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-xml` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2
`php-xmlrpc` Red Hat:rhel_application_stack:2	before 0:5.2.6-4.el5s2	0:5.2.6-4.el5s2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-3658 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Php, published August 15, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.85%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in php5 5.2.0-8+etch13.

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