CVE-2016-7478
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,
02 Description
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,
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
- 42.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2017-01-11 06:02Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- checkpoint
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 58d3ced138a656b6f897dc9ba888441438581f27c3b8ffddb10959404010a144
05 Affected products
06 References
- blog.checkpoint.comhttp://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com95150http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150
- www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/
- blog.checkpoint.comhttp://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7
- bugs.php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- php Fixed in 7.0.13-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- php5 Fixed in 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.