CVE-2016-7478 - Vulnerability Details

- php: Unserialize Exception object can lead to infinite loop

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.

Published: 2017-01-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 18.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

PHP before 5.6.28

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`PHP before 5.6.28`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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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
Debian DLA	DLA-875-1	php5 security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-3196-1	PHP vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18863.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
https://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7478
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7478
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Php Php

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: checkpoint

Published: 2017-01-11T06:02:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.681Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7478

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-11T06:59:00.130

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

Link: CVE-2016-7478

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7478 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Tracking

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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