CVE-2016-7418 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted WDDX XML documents due to invalid pointer access in PHP.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7418?
CVE-2016-7418 is a high-severity 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
The php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.26 and 7.x before 7.0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer access and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an incorrect boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document, leading to mishandling in a wddx_deserialize call.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7418?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7418?
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-2016-7418 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7418 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-7418, GHSA-8mcg-f54r-6x9w, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7418.