CVE-2016-5095 Integer overflow in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via integer overflow in PHP's HTML entity escaping function when processing large strings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-5095?
CVE-2016-5095 is a high-severity 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
Integer overflow in the php_escape_html_entities_ex function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from a FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS filter_var call. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-5094.
Weakness: CWE-190
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5095?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5095?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2016-5095 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5095 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-93jw-q774-wqcf, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5095.