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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-4073

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-4073

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/03/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the mbfl_strcut function in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl/mbfilter.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mb_strcut call.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_5_34
  • php-upgrade-5_6_20
  • php-upgrade-7_0_5

References

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