CVE-2016-3141: apple mac_os_x
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-3141 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 36.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 36% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 5Timeline
- 31-03-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in wddx.c in the WDDX extension in PHP before 5.5.33 and 5.6.x before 5.6.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a wddx_deserialize call on XML data containing a crafted var element.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
36.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 36.01% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Apple1 product
- mac_os_x≤ 10.11.4
Php1 product
- phpEOL≤ 5.5.32 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.2 | 5.6.3 | 5.6.4 | 5.6.5 | 5.6.6 | 5.6.7 | 5.6.8 | 5.6.9 | 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
Ubuntu1 product
- php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
3 vendors · 3 products
References
20 links- support.apple.com/HT206567X Refsource CONFIRM
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- bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71587X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpX Refsource CONFIRM