CVE-2016-7411
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.
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 | 5.65% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-09-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
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