Critical severity · published May 20, 2016
CVE-2016-4073
Multiple integer overflows in the mbfl_strcut function in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl/mbfilter.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allow remote…
9.8
CVSS
7.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the mbfl_strcut function in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl/mbfilter.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mb_strcut call.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.1% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; 5.5.0; +34 more · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.11.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4073
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4073
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00033.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00056.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3560
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