CVE-2016-6175

critical

Published 2017-02-07 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Eval injection vulnerability in php-gettext 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted plural forms header.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6175

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.0.12-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.0.12-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.0.12-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
php-gettext_project	php-gettext	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.12"}`

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/php-gettext/+bug/1606184
https://github.com/NagVis/nagvis/commit/4fe8672a5aec3467da72b5852ca6d283c15adb53
https://kmkz-web-blog.blogspot.cz/2016/07/advisory-cve-2016-6175.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40154/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6175

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.