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FKIE_CVE-2016-5771

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-07 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3f627e580acfdaf0595ae3b115b8bec677f203ee?w=1Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91401Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72433Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/HT207170Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://github.com/php/php-src/commit/3f627e580acfdaf0595ae3b115b8bec677f203ee?w=1Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3618Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91401Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72433Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/HT207170Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
php php *
php php *
php php *
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
debian debian_linux 8.0

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:50:01.370",
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