CVE-2016-5096
N/A
Published: August 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Integer overflow in the fread function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer in the second argument.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/abd159cce48f3e34f08e4751c568e09677d5ec9c?w=1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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