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CVE-2016-4539 (GCVE-0-2016-4539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:32
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Summary
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 segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data in the second argument, leading to a parser level of zero.
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
2016-04-26 00:00
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      "id": "CVE-2016-4539",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-04-25T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "251",
      "product_status:known_affected": "110",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "php: xml_parse_into_struct() can crash when XML parser is re-used",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-4539.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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