CVE-2016-9865

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

References

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-70

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94531

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-11

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00612