CVE-2016-7416

ext/intl/msgformat/msgformat_format.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 does not properly restrict the locale length provided to the Locale class in the ICU library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a MessageFormatter::formatMessage call with a long first argument.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

6.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2016-09-17

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73007

Security advisories

• php/php-src/commit/6d55ba265637d6adf0ba7e9c9ef11187d1ec2f5b?w=1
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
• http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93008

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry