php: Memory corruption when destructing deserialized object
Published Sep 17, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.65%
Description
ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php53
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
php
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
php54-php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
php55-php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-php56-php
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-php70-php
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php54-php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | php55-php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-php56-php | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-php70-php | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.65% (0.05649) | 92.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.54% (0.05543) | 91.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01244) | 77.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.16% (0.05160) | 82.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.93% (0.00928) | 74.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.84% (0.01841) | 88.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01841) | 86.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01305) | 83.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7411 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377303 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7411
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7411
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing List | |
| http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93009 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036836 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7411 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73052 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377303 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6a7cc8ff85827fa9ac715b3a83c2d9147f33cd43?w=1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7411 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7411 |
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