CVE-2016-6288Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in PHP

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.3%
top 11.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.

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

Ubuntuphp5/php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
NVDphp/php5.5.37
Appleapple/macos_sierra10.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mjr6-w9vj-8jfp: The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url2022-05-14
OSV
php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities2016-08-02
OSV
CVE-2016-6288: The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url2016-07-25

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2016-6288: macOS Sierra 10.122016-09-20
Ubuntu
PHP vulnerabilities2016-08-02
Red Hat
php: Buffer over-read in php_url_parse_ex2015-09-13

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6288 php: Buffer over-read in php_url_parse_ex2016-07-26
CVE-2016-6288 — PHP vulnerability | cvebase