{
    "id": "CVE-2016-5873",
    "published": "2017-01-23 21:59:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:50:12",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04701",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91563",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "php",
            "product": "pecl_http"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/"
    ]
}