High severity · published Jan 11, 2017
CVE-2016-7478
Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception…
7.5
CVSS
42.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)42.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; 5.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7478
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7478
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
Exploit
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
Press/Media Coverage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
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