CVE-2016-5769
high-risk
Published 2016-08-07
Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.
Do I need to act?
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6.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (26)
Broken Link
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72455
Broken Link
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
and 6 more references
65
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
9/34 · Low
Exposure
24/34 · High