CVE-2016-9935
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.29 and 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an empty boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document.
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 | 6.97% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-01-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| php | php |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3737
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94846
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73631
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/66fd44209d5ffcb9b3d1bc1b9fd8e35b485040c0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-29
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3737
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94846
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