CVE-2016-7411
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.6.25"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.