CVE-2016-9138 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted serialized data due to improper handling of property modification during __wakeup processing 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-2016-9138?
CVE-2016-9138 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Php Php, published on 4 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PHP through 5.6.27 and 7.x through 7.0.12 mishandles property modification during __wakeup processing, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data, as demonstrated by Exception::__toString with DateInterval::__wakeup.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9138?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2016-9138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-645c-cwcv-g4w3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9138.