UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9138
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Published: 04 Jan 2017, 20:59
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:02
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
04 Jan 2017, 20:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
PHP through 5.6.27 and 7.x through 7.0.12 mishandles property modification during __wakeup processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data, as demonstrated by Exception::__toString with DateInterval::__wakeup.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•php5
all
- ubuntu•php7.0
all
- ubuntu•php7.2
all
References (5)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/01/7
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=0e6fe3a4c96be2d3e88389a5776f878021b4c59f;hp=e1709b7e588cbda71c577f6e5b701713d0c70a23
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/0e6fe3a4c96be2d3e88389a5776f878021b4c59f
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9138