CVE-2016-7124
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 16.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 16.6% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 mishandles certain invalid objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that leads to a (1) __destruct call or (2) magic method call.
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 | 16.61% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-502 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-09-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92756
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72663
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/20ce2fe8e3c211a42fee05a461a5881be9a8790e?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/02/9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92756
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036680
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72663
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/20ce2fe8e3c211a42fee05a461a5881be9a8790e?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19
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