CVE-2016-5873
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.7% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-01-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | pecl http |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac
- https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac
- https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
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