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title: "CVE-2016-3185\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-3185

Publication date 22 March 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.1 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3185?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The make\_http\_soap\_request function in ext/soap/php\_http.c in PHP before
5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, 5.6.x before 5.6.12, and 7.x before 7.0.4
allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory
or cause a denial of service (type confusion and application crash) via
crafted serialized \_cookies data, related to the SoapClient::\_\_call method
in ext/soap/soap.c.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3185?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| php5 | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22 |
| php7.0 | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3185?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

bug 71610 is for basically same issue as 70081 that got reverted
by mistake at some point. This CVE is for the first second part
of bug 70081.
See CVE-2015-8835 for the first part.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=c96d08b27226193dd51f2b50e84272235c6aaa69> |
| php7.0 | * Upstream:   <https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=eaf4e77190d402ea014207e9a7d5da1a4f3727ba> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.1 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.1 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3185)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3185)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-3185)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3185)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2952-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2952-1)
+ PHP vulnerabilities
+ 21 April 2016

### Other references

* <http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.4>
* <https://secure.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.12>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3185>