CVE-2016-4537

CRITICAL

PHP < 5.5.35, 5.6.x < 5.6.21, 7.x < 7.0.6 - Denial of Service via bcpowmod Negative Scale Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The bcpowmod function in ext/bcmath/bcmath.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 accepts a negative integer for the scale argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted call.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72093
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90173
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0648
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (30)
fedoraproject/fedora 24
opensuse/leap 42.1
php/php 5.6.0
php/php 5.6.1
php/php 5.6.2
php/php 5.6.3
php/php 5.6.4
php/php 5.6.5
php/php 5.6.6
php/php 5.6.7
... and 20 more
Published May 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026