CVE-2016-6875 Denial of service in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in HHVM via infinite recursion in the WDDX component.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-6875?

CVE-2016-6875 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Infinite recursion in wddx in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6875?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Facebook Hhvm.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2016-6875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hw97-vcq7-qrhf, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6875.

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