CVE-2016-7398
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.8% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.8% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-704 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-09-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | ext-http |
References
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1
- https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html
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