CVE-2016-10161 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted serialized data in PHP, leading to application crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10161?
CVE-2016-10161 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 24 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The object_common1 function in ext/standard/var_unserializer.c in PHP before 5.6.30, 7.0.x before 7.0.15, and 7.1.x before 7.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted serialized data that is mishandled in a finish_nested_data call.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10161?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9xq-6ph4-999c, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10161.