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CVE-2016-7478

Publication date 11 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.26
php7.0 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes


mdeslaur

can't reproduce with 7.0.13, assumed fixed php5 needs CVE-2016-9137 to be applied

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5
php7.0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H