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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7480

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7480

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/16/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-7_0_12

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