CVE-2016-7411 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via memory corruption in PHP's object deserialization handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7411?
CVE-2016-7411 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Php Php, published on 17 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP before 5.6.26 mishandles object-deserialization failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unserialize call that references a partially constructed object.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7411?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7411?
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-2016-7411 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7411 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-7411, GHSA-chxh-4r5m-9x52, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7411.