CVE-2016-7417
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
ext/spl/spl_array.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 proceeds with SplArray unserialization without validating a return value and data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data.
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 โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73029
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/ecb7f58a069be0dec4a6131b6351a761f808f22e?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93007
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73029
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/ecb7f58a069be0dec4a6131b6351a761f808f22e?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.