CVE-2016-5096

8.6 HIGH

Published: August 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the fread function in ext/standard/file.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer in the second argument.

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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:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Release Notes

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90861

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72114

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/abd159cce48f3e34f08e4751c568e09677d5ec9c?w=1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php