CVE-2016-7480

critical
Published 2017-01-11 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/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

The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via crafted serialized data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7480.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@checkpoint.com — https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@checkpoint.com — https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@checkpoint.com — http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpphp{"startIncluding":"7.0.0","endExcluding":"7.0.11"}7.0.11
netappclustered_data_ontap-

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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