CVE-2016-5768

CRITICAL

PHP < 5.5.36 - Double Free in mbstring Extension

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2598.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91396
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
Patch, Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72402
Release Notes mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.2099
EPSS Percentile 95.7%
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-415
Status published
Products (32)
php/php 5.6.0 alpha1 (9 CPE variants)
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
php/php 5.6.8
php/php 5.6.9
... and 22 more
Published Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026