CVE-2016-6871

critical
Published 2017-02-17 · 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

Integer overflow in bcmath in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/c00fc9d3003eb06226b58b6a48555f1456ee2475

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/11/1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
facebookhhvm{"endIncluding":"3.14.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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