9.8

CVE-2016-7417: php Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-7417UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7417
Published 17-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7417 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 6.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% 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
6.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 7
DLA-749-1DSA-3689-1MGASA-2016-0319RHSA-2018:1296SUSE-SU-2016:2459-1SUSE-SU-2016:2460-1

Timeline

  1. 17-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ext/spl/spl_array.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 proceeds with SplArray unserialization without validating a return value and data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.84% 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
Alpine1 product
  • php< 5.6.27-r0
Php1 product
  • phpEOL≤ 5.6.25 | 7.0.0 | 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 | 7.0.10

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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