#VU16135 Infinite loop in PHP - CVE-2016-7478

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#VU16135 Infinite loop in PHP - CVE-2016-7478

Published: February 14, 2017 / Updated: May 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16135
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7478
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13. A remote attacker can trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash via a crafted Exception object in serialized data.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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