UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7478

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-7478
Downstream
USN-3196-1
Published: 11 Jan 2017, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Jan 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•php5

    < 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21

References (6)