Critical severity · published Aug 7, 2016
CVE-2016-5771
spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote…
9.8
CVSS
15.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)15.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
before 5.5.37; 5.6.0 before 5.6.23; 7.0.0 before 7.0.8 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5771
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5771
Patch
http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3f627e580acfdaf0595ae3b115b8bec677f203ee?w=1
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
Patch
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
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