{
    "id": "CVE-2016-7480",
    "published": "2017-01-11 07:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:53:08",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via crafted serialized data.",
    "epss_score": "0.41558",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98641",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:17",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 41.6% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "clustered_data_ontap"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "php",
            "product": "php"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7",
        "http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95152",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257",
        "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/",
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk",
        "http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7",
        "http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf",
        "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95152",
        "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257",
        "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/",
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk"
    ]
}