CVE-2016-7478

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.

Affected

PHP before 5.6.28

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

42.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2017-01-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093

Security advisories

• http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilitie…
• http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry