CVE-2016-3141

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: March 31, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in wddx.c in the WDDX extension in PHP before 5.5.33 and 5.6.x before 5.6.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a wddx_deserialize call on XML data containing a crafted var element.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1bd4119bcafab6f9a8f84d92cd65eec3afeface
Source: security@opentext.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84271
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035255
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
Source: security@opentext.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
Source: security@opentext.com
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71587
Source: security@opentext.com
https://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: security@opentext.com
https://support.apple.com/HT206567
Source: security@opentext.com
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b1bd4119bcafab6f9a8f84d92cd65eec3afeface
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84271
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035255
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://support.apple.com/HT206567
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
72.3%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

apple php

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