CVE-2016-7134: php

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7134 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 4.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

ext/curl/interface.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.10 does not work around a libcurl integer overflow, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation error and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string that is mishandled in a curl_escape call.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.