CVE-2016-1904
high
CVSS v3
7.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.3
Description
Multiple integer overflows in ext/standard/exec.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string to the (1) php_escape_shell_cmd or (2) php_escape_shell_arg function, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/8
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034608
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71270
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2871c70efaaaa0f102557a17c727fd4d5204dd4b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/8
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034608
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71270
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/2871c70efaaaa0f102557a17c727fd4d5204dd4b
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.