CVE-2016-6871 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer overflow in bcmath in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Published: 2017-02-17

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7756	Integer overflow in bcmath in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which triggers a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00512.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/1
https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/c00fc9d3003eb06226b58b6a48555f1456ee2475

History

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Subscriptions

Facebook Hhvm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-17T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.427Z

Reserved: 2016-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6871

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-17T17:59:01.013

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6871

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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