CVE-2016-10712 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2016-10712?

CVE-2016-10712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3, all of the return values of stream_get_meta_data can be controlled if the input can be controlled (e.g., during file uploads). For example, a "$uri = stream_get_meta_data(fopen($file, "r"))['uri']" call mishandles the case where $file is data:text/plain;uri=eviluri, -- in other words, metadata can be set by an attacker.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10712?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10712?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-10712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5jr3-87vw-j587, SUSE-SU-2018:0530-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10712.