CVE-2016-7478

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Published: January 11, 2017 at 06:02 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPHP

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 42%

Description

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

PHP · PHPdrupal

95%

5.0.0 5.0.0 beta1 5.0.0 beta2 5.0.0 beta3 5.0.0 beta4 5.0.0 rc1 5.0.0 rc2 5.0.0 rc3 5.0.1 5.0.2 5.0.3 5.0.4 5.0.5 5.1.0 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.1.5 5.1.6 5.2.0 5.2.1 5.2.10 5.2.11 5.2.12 5.2.13 5.2.14 5.2.15 5.2.16 5.2.17 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4 5.2.5 5.2.6 5.2.7 5.2.8 5.2.9 5.3.0 5.3.1 5.3.10 5.3.11 5.3.12 5.3.13 5.3.14 5.3.15 5.3.16 5.3.17 5.3.18 5.3.19 5.3.2 5.3.20 5.3.21 5.3.22 5.3.23 5.3.24 5.3.25 5.3.26 5.3.27 5.3.28 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 5.3.6 5.3.7 5.3.8 5.3.9 5.4.0 5.4.1 5.4.10 5.4.11 5.4.12 5.4.12 rc1 5.4.12 rc2 5.4.13 5.4.13 rc1 5.4.14 5.4.14 rc1 5.4.15 5.4.15 rc1 5.4.16 rc1 5.4.17 5.4.18 5.4.19 5.4.2 5.4.20 5.4.21 5.4.22 5.4.23 5.4.24 5.4.25 5.4.26 5.4.27 5.4.28 5.4.29 5.4.3 5.4.30 5.4.34 5.4.35 5.4.37 5.4.38 5.4.39 5.4.4 5.4.41 5.4.42 5.4.43 5.4.44 5.4.45 5.4.5 5.4.6 5.4.7 5.4.8 5.4.9 5.5.0 5.5.0 alpha1 5.5.0 alpha2 5.5.0 alpha3 5.5.0 alpha4 5.5.0 alpha5 5.5.0 alpha6 5.5.0 beta1 5.5.0 beta2 5.5.0 beta3 5.5.0 beta4 5.5.0 rc1 5.5.0 rc2 5.5.1 5.5.10 5.5.11 5.5.12 5.5.13 5.5.14 5.5.18 5.5.19 5.5.2 5.5.20 5.5.21 5.5.22 5.5.23 5.5.24 5.5.25 5.5.26 5.5.27 5.5.28 5.5.29 5.5.3 5.5.30 5.5.31 5.5.32 5.5.33 5.5.34 5.5.35 5.5.36 5.5.37 5.5.4 5.5.5 5.5.6 5.5.7 5.5.8 5.5.9 5.6.0 alpha1 5.6.0 alpha2 5.6.0 alpha3 5.6.0 alpha4 5.6.0 alpha5 5.6.0 beta1 5.6.0 beta2 5.6.0 beta3 5.6.0 beta4 5.6.1 5.6.10 5.6.11 5.6.12 5.6.13 5.6.14 5.6.15 5.6.16 5.6.17 5.6.18 5.6.19 5.6.2 5.6.20 5.6.21 5.6.22 5.6.23 5.6.24 5.6.25 5.6.26 5.6.27 7.0.0 7.0.1 7.0.10 7.0.11 7.0.12 7.0.2 7.0.3 7.0.4 7.0.5 7.0.6 7.0.7 7.0.8 7.0.9

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2016/12/27/check-point-discovers-three-zero-day-vulnerabilities-web-programming-language-php-7

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdf

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95150

x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/

x_refsource_MISCPress/Media Coverage

Source: [email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPk

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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