CVE-2016-7478
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
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 | | |
| arch | fixed | 7.0.13-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | 5.0.0 | |
| php | php | 5.0.1 | |
| php | php | 5.0.2 | |
| php | php | 5.0.3 | |
| php | php | 5.0.4 | |
| php | php | 5.0.5 | |
| php | php | 5.1.0 | |
| php | php | 5.1.1 | |
| php | php | 5.1.2 | |
| php | php | 5.1.3 | |
| php | php | 5.1.4 | |
| php | php | 5.1.5 | |
| php | php | 5.1.6 | |
| php | php | 5.2.0 | |
| php | php | 5.2.1 | |
| php | php | 5.2.2 | |
| php | php | 5.2.3 | |
| php | php | 5.2.4 | |
| php | php | 5.2.5 | |
| php | php | 5.2.6 | |
| php | php | 5.2.7 | |
| php | php | 5.2.8 | |
| php | php | 5.2.9 | |
| php | php | 5.2.10 | |
| php | php | 5.2.11 | |
| php | php | 5.2.12 | |
| php | php | 5.2.13 | |
| php | php | 5.2.14 | |
| php | php | 5.2.15 | |
| php | php | 5.2.16 | |
| php | php | 5.2.17 | |
| php | php | 5.3.0 | |
| php | php | 5.3.1 | |
| php | php | 5.3.2 | |
| php | php | 5.3.3 | |
| php | php | 5.3.4 | |
| php | php | 5.3.5 | |
| php | php | 5.3.6 | |
| php | php | 5.3.7 | |
| php | php | 5.3.8 | |
| php | php | 5.3.9 | |
| php | php | 5.3.10 | |
| php | php | 5.3.11 | |
| php | php | 5.3.12 | |
| php | php | 5.3.13 | |
| php | php | 5.3.14 | |
| php | php | 5.3.15 | |
| php | php | 5.3.16 | |
| php | php | 5.3.17 | |
| php | php | 5.3.18 | |
| php | php | 5.3.19 | |
| php | php | 5.3.20 | |
| php | php | 5.3.21 | |
| php | php | 5.3.22 | |
| php | php | 5.3.23 | |
| php | php | 5.3.24 | |
| php | php | 5.3.25 | |
| php | php | 5.3.26 | |
| php | php | 5.3.27 | |
| php | php | 5.3.28 | |
| php | php | 5.4.0 | |
| php | php | 5.4.1 | |
| php | php | 5.4.2 | |
| php | php | 5.4.3 | |
| php | php | 5.4.4 | |
| php | php | 5.4.5 | |
| php | php | 5.4.6 | |
| php | php | 5.4.7 | |
| php | php | 5.4.8 | |
| php | php | 5.4.9 | |
| php | php | 5.4.10 | |
| php | php | 5.4.11 | |
| php | php | 5.4.12 | |
| php | php | 5.4.13 | |
| php | php | 5.4.14 | |
| php | php | 5.4.15 | |
| php | php | 5.4.16 | |
| php | php | 5.4.17 | |
| php | php | 5.4.18 | |
| php | php | 5.4.19 | |
| php | php | 5.4.20 | |
| php | php | 5.4.21 | |
| php | php | 5.4.22 | |
| php | php | 5.4.23 | |
| php | php | 5.4.24 | |
| php | php | 5.4.25 | |
| php | php | 5.4.26 | |
| php | php | 5.4.27 | |
| php | php | 5.4.28 | |
| php | php | 5.4.29 | |
| php | php | 5.4.30 | |
| php | php | 5.4.34 | |
| php | php | 5.4.35 | |
| php | php | 5.4.37 | |
| php | php | 5.4.38 | |
| php | php | 5.4.39 | |
| php | php | 5.4.41 | |
| php | php | 5.4.42 | |
| php | php | 5.4.43 | |
| php | php | 5.4.44 | |
| php | php | 5.4.45 | |
| php | php | 5.5.0 | |
| php | php | 5.5.1 | |
| php | php | 5.5.2 | |
| php | php | 5.5.3 | |
| php | php | 5.5.4 | |
| php | php | 5.5.5 | |
| php | php | 5.5.6 | |
| php | php | 5.5.7 | |
| php | php | 5.5.8 | |
| php | php | 5.5.9 | |
| php | php | 5.5.10 | |
| php | php | 5.5.11 | |
| php | php | 5.5.12 | |
| php | php | 5.5.13 | |
| php | php | 5.5.14 | |
| php | php | 5.5.18 | |
| php | php | 5.5.19 | |
| php | php | 5.5.20 | |
| php | php | 5.5.21 | |
| php | php | 5.5.22 | |
| php | php | 5.5.23 | |
| php | php | 5.5.24 | |
| php | php | 5.5.25 | |
| php | php | 5.5.26 | |
| php | php | 5.5.27 | |
| php | php | 5.5.28 | |
| php | php | 5.5.29 | |
| php | php | 5.5.30 | |
| php | php | 5.5.31 | |
| php | php | 5.5.32 | |
| php | php | 5.5.33 | |
| php | php | 5.5.34 | |
| php | php | 5.5.35 | |
| php | php | 5.5.36 | |
| php | php | 5.5.37 | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| 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 | |
| php | php | 5.6.22 | |
| php | php | 5.6.23 | |
| php | php | 5.6.24 | |
| php | php | 5.6.25 | |
| php | php | 5.6.26 | |
| php | php | 5.6.27 | |
| php | php | 7.0.0 | |
| php | php | 7.0.1 | |
| php | php | 7.0.2 | |
| php | php | 7.0.3 | |
| php | php | 7.0.4 | |
| php | php | 7.0.5 | |
| php | php | 7.0.6 | |
| php | php | 7.0.7 | |
| php | php | 7.0.8 | |
| php | php | 7.0.9 | |
| php | php | 7.0.10 | |
| php | php | 7.0.11 | |
| php | php | 7.0.12 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-19
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
- http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7478.html
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