CVE-2016-7480 Deserialization in PHP before 7.0.12

What is CVE-2016-7480?

CVE-2016-7480 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, published on 11 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SplObjectStorage unserialize implementation in ext/spl/spl_observer.c in PHP before 7.0.12 does not verify that a key is an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via crafted serialized data.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7480?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Netapp Clustered Data Ontap, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7480?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2016-7480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Clustered Data Ontap

• CVE-2015-7853 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9119 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5340 Integer overflow in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-11147 Information disclosure in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-5490 Missing authorization in Clustered Data ONTAP High 8.8

All Netapp Clustered Data Ontap vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-35p7-xqgq-2gx7.