UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9936

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-9936
Downstream
USN-3211-1
Published: 04 Jan 2017, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:07

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, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The unserialize implementation in ext/standard/var.c in PHP 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6834.

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•php7.0

    < 7.0.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

References (4)