CVE-2016-6874 (GCVE-0-2016-6874)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:43
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Summary
The array_*_recursive functions in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to recursion.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-08-01 00:00
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