CVE-2016-7480
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 11, 2017 at 06:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPHPClustered Data ONTAP
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 42%
Description
The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via crafted serialized data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
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-7x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PHP_Technical_Report.pdfVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95152x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73257x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/61cdd1255d5b9c8453be71aacbbf682796ac77d4x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180112-0001/x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDcaPstAuPkCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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