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CVE-2016-7478

Published: Jan 11, 2017Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
42.4%
Top 1.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

php
oss-project·USaka pecl, pear, php language
phpDev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
UbuntuOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PHP Group
oss-projectaka pear, php
PHPLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
blog.checkpoint.com
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
blog.checkpoint.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
securityfocus.com
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