CVE-2016-5096
high
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.6
Description
Integer overflow in the fread function in ext/standard/file.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 via a large integer in the second argument.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
91%
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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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.5.35"} | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
| php | php | 5.6.5 | |
| php | php | 5.6.6 | |
| php | php | 5.6.7 | |
| php | php | 5.6.8 | |
| php | php | 5.6.9 | |
| php | php | 5.6.10 | |
| php | php | 5.6.11 | |
| php | php | 5.6.12 | |
| php | php | 5.6.13 | |
| php | php | 5.6.14 | |
| php | php | 5.6.15 | |
| php | php | 5.6.16 | |
| php | php | 5.6.17 | |
| php | php | 5.6.18 | |
| php | php | 5.6.19 | |
| php | php | 5.6.20 | |
| php | php | 5.6.21 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5096.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90861
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72114
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/abd159cce48f3e34f08e4751c568e09677d5ec9c?w=1
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.