CVE-2016-5772

9.8 CRITICAL

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

Description

Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/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://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c?w=1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00025.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91398

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72340

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c?w=1