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CVE-2016-5771 (GCVE-0-2016-5771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-07 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:15
VLAI
Summary
spl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-06-23 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-28T07:28:08+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-5771",
      "id": "CVE-2016-5771",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-06-23T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "251",
      "product_status:known_affected": "110",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "php: Use After Free Vulnerability in PHP\u0027s GC algorithm and unserialize",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-5771.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-01T02:14:31Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-5771",
      "id": "CVE-2016-5771",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:00:06Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1296",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1569",
      "product_status:recommended": "905",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-5771",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-5771.json",
      "version": "16"
    }
  }
}



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