CVE-2016-4539 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in PHP
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.3
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 14
Description
The xml_parse_into_struct function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer under-read and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data in the second argument, leading to a parser level of zero.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Fedora 24