CVE-2016-7398

high-risk
Published 2019-09-06

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

Do I need to act?

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5.7% 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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Fix available
Upgrade to: 17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http
Ext-Http

Affected Vendors

Php

References (8)

Exploit https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055
Exploit https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1
Patch https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html
Exploit https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055
Exploit https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73055&edit=1
Patch https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/17137d4ab1ce81a2cee0fae842340a344ef3da83
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00022.html
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate