#VU16136 Use-after-free in PHP - CVE-2016-9137

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#VU16136 Use-after-free in PHP - CVE-2016-9137

Published: February 14, 2017 / Updated: November 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16136
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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9137
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit 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 use-after-free error in the CURLFile implementation in ext/curl/curl_file.c in PHP before 5.6.27 and 7.x before 7.0.12. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via specially crafted serialized data that is mishandled during __wakeup processing.



Remediation

The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 5.6.27, 7.0.12.

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