CVE-2016-5772

CRITICAL

PHP <5.5.37, <5.6.23, <7.0.8 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX 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 cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72340
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory 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
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91398
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1593
EPSS Percentile 94.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-415
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
php/php < 5.5.37
suse/linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 sp4
suse/linux_enterprise_server 11 sp4
suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 sp4
Published Aug 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026