# CVE-2016-3185: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive memory information or crash the application via crafted serialized cookie data in the PHP SOAP extension.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 May 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xgpf-xc53-xgr5, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3185

## What is CVE-2016-3185?

CVE-2016-3185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Php Php, published on 16 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The make_http_soap_request function in ext/soap/php_http.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, 5.6.x before 5.6.12, and 7.x before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (type confusion and application crash) via crafted serialized _cookies data, related to the SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3185?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Php Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-3185?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-3185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Php Php

- [CVE-2012-2688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2688/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2376/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3268/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-4143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4143/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-5557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5557/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-3185 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-3185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Php Php, published on 16 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Php Php. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3185/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3185
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3185
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3185

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-3185/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.