CVE-2016-7479 (GCVE-0-2016-7479)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In all versions of PHP 7, during the unserialization process, resizing the 'properties' hash table of a serialized object may lead to use-after-free. A remote attacker may exploit this bug to gain arbitrary code execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Remote Code Execution
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/201… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73092 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2018011… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95151 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037659 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2017-01-11 00:00
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