CVE-2016-4539
The xml_parse_into_struct function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer under-read and
02 Description
The xml_parse_into_struct function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer under-read and
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-05-22 01:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-05
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fa9bb0f1fd2bdc0f46b3dc68fc1b44c41efba5c8a350ecee5ec435d1bbd79712
05 Affected products
06 References
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1524http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2750http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160505 CVE Request: PHP: several issues fixed with 7.0.6, 5.6.21 and 5.5.35http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
- www.debian.orgDSA-3602http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
- php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- www.securityfocus.com90174http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90174
- php.nethttp://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72099
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1357http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
- git.php.nethttps://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dccda88f27a084bcbbb30198ace12b4e7ae961cc
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-f4e73663f4http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- php7.0 Fixed in 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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