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CVE-2016-7478

high

Description

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.

References

http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-11

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07126