CVE-2016-5873
Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.
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
- 4.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2017-01-23 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d70d632a89567a16bf2003ddd051ebed7cec28cf5c9d4d40490ce403d59f5e54
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160629 CVE Request - PECL-HTTP 3.0.0 Buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1
- www.securityfocus.com95863http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95863
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160629 Re: CVE Request - PECL-HTTP 3.0.0 Buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-17https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17
- github.comhttps://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97ac
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719
- pecl.php.nethttps://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- php-pecl-http Fixed in 3.0.1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- php-pecl-http Fixed in 3.0.1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- php-pecl-http Fixed in 3.0.1-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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