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CVE-2016-7124: php Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7124
Published 12-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7124 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 16.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
16.48%
0%100%
Medium · -0.13 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6
DLA-749-1DSA-3689-1RHSA-2016:2750SUSE-SU-2016:2328-1SUSE-SU-2016:2408-1SUSE-SU-2016:2459-1

Timeline

  1. 12-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 mishandles certain invalid objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that leads to a (1) __destruct call or (2) magic method call.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

16.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.13 pp

From 16.61% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.php.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu2 products
  • php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
  • php7.0< 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
Php1 product
  • phpEOL7.0.0 | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.3 | 7.0.4 | 7.0.5 | 7.0.6 | 7.0.7 | 7.0.8 | 7.0.9 | ≤ 5.6.24

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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