CVE-2016-5093 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or unspecified impacts via crafted locale calls due to missing null termination in PHP's intl extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5093?
CVE-2016-5093 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 7 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The get_icu_value_internal function in ext/intl/locale/locale_methods.c in PHP before 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted locale_get_primary_language call.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5093?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5093?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-5093 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5093 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q56c-xrhm-mjfw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5093.