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CVE-2016-7417 (GCVE-0-2016-7417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-17 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:57
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Summary
ext/spl/spl_array.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 proceeds with SplArray unserialization without validating a return value and data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data.
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
2016-09-15 00:00
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