Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
13.0%
top 5.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.

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 Packages4 packages

debiandebian/xmlrpc-epi< xmlrpc-epi 0.54.2-1.2 (bookworm)
Ubuntuphp5/php5< 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
NVDphp/php5.5.37+31
Appleapple/macos_sierra10.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5gfp-g883-wjfx: Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring2022-05-14
OSV
php5, php7.0 vulnerabilities2016-08-02
OSV
CVE-2016-6296: Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring2016-07-25

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Apple
CVE-2016-6296: macOS Sierra 10.122016-09-20
Ubuntu
xmlrpc-epi vulnerability2016-08-10
Ubuntu
PHP vulnerabilities2016-08-02
Red Hat
php: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c2016-07-17
Debian
CVE-2016-6296: xmlrpc-epi - Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in ...2016

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6296 xmlrpc-epi: php: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c [fedora-all]2016-07-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6289 CVE-2016-6290 CVE-2016-6291 CVE-2016-6292 CVE-2016-6294 CVE-2016-6295 CVE-2016-6296 CVE-2016-6297 php: various flaws [fedora-all]2016-07-25
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-6296 php: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in simplestring_addn in simplestring.c2016-07-25
CVE-2016-6296 — Debian Xmlrpc-epi vulnerability | cvebase