CVE-2016-6288 (GCVE-0-2016-6288)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
Summary
The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.
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
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92111 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugs.php.net/70480 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://support.apple.com/HT207170 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-07-21 00:00
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