CVE-2016-7479
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8
Description
In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process, resizing the 'properties' hash table of a serialized object may lead to use-after-free. A remote attacker may exploit this bug to gain arbitrary code execution.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7479.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | |
References
- 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/95151
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73092
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7479.html
CWEs
CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.