CVE-2016-5873
N/A
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPecl HTTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Buffer overflow in the HTTP URL parsing functions in pecl_http before 3.0.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via non-printable characters in a URL.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/29/4x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71719x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/3724cd76a28be1d6049b5537232e97acx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pecl.php.net/package/pecl_http/3.0.1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-17x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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