CVE-2016-7480
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) 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 — 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.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"startIncluding":"7.0.0","endExcluding":"7.0.11"} | 7.0.11 |
| netapp | clustered_data_ontap | - | |
References
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95152
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7480.html
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.