Description
Integer overflow in the php_escape_html_entities_ex function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from a FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS filter_var call. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5094.
Published: 2016-08-07
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-533-1 php5 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3602-1 php5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6047 Integer overflow in the php_escape_html_entities_ex function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from a FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS filter_var call. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5094.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3045-1 PHP vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.182Z

Reserved: 2016-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5095

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-07T10:59:08.460

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5095

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5095 - Bugzilla

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