CVE-2016-5769

CRITICAL

PHP <5.5.37, 5.6.x <5.6.23, 7.x <7.0.8 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
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
Release Notes mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72455
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91399
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0615
EPSS Percentile 90.9%
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-190
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